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{{Club | {{Club | ||
|Coordinates=37.27528, -107. | |Coordinates=37.27528, -107.8800667 | ||
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|Name=Club of Durango | |Name=Club of Durango | ||
|Club Name=Durango | |Club Name=Durango | ||
|Type of Date=Year | |Type of Date=Year | ||
|Date=1892/ | |Date=1892/01/01 | ||
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|Is Foundation Date= | |||
|Date of Dissolution Type=Day | |Date of Dissolution Type=Day | ||
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|Country=United States | |Country=United States | ||
|State=CO | |State=CO | ||
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|City=Durango | |City=Durango | ||
|Modern Address= | |||
|NABBP Status= | |||
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|Nine Class=Senior | |Nine Class=Senior | ||
|Description=<p>The Silverton [CO] <em>Standard</em>, July 23, 1892, has a long and sarcastic article on how the Durango baseball club came to Silverton and was defeated. The article notes how Durango's fans whined about the game and refused to pay their bets. The headline, in the florid style of the time, reads: "Durango's Waterloo. No Blucher Comes to the Rescue. The Durango Nine Overwhelmingly Defeated by a Score of 25 to 6."</p> | |Description=<p>Seymour, "Baseball: The People's Game," v. 3 p. 294: "The Durango, Colorado <em>Herald</em> of September 1881 reported a game played at Fort Lewis, Colorado, between the Crofton Baseball Club of the fort and a ball club from Durango..."</p> | ||
<p>Durango was founded in 1881.</p> | |||
<p>Durango is in southwest Colorado. Fort Lewis was nearby.</p> | |||
<p>The Silverton [CO] <em>Standard</em>, July 23, 1892, has a long and sarcastic article on how the Durango baseball club came to Silverton and was defeated. The article notes how Durango's fans whined about the game and refused to pay their bets. The headline, in the florid style of the time, reads: "Durango's Waterloo. No Blucher Comes to the Rescue. The Durango Nine Overwhelmingly Defeated by a Score of 25 to 6."</p> | |||
<p>Durango, CO was established in 1881. It is probable that Durango had a baseball team prior to 1892, as the Silverton <em>Standard</em>, May 10, 1890, has the Silverton team looking for games with (inter alia) Durango.</p> | <p>Durango, CO was established in 1881. It is probable that Durango had a baseball team prior to 1892, as the Silverton <em>Standard</em>, May 10, 1890, has the Silverton team looking for games with (inter alia) Durango.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>The Silverton [CO] <em>Standard</em>, July 23, 1892</p> | |Sources=<p>The Silverton [CO] <em>Standard</em>, July 23, 1892</p> | ||
<p>Seymour, "Baseball: The People's Game," v. 3 p. 294</p> | |||
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|Has Source On Hand=No | |Has Source On Hand=No | ||
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|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice | |Submitted by=Bruce Allardice | ||
|Submission Note= | |||
|Entered by=Bruce Allardice | |||
|First in Location= | |||
|First in Location Note= | |||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |||
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Revision as of 05:29, 20 September 2020
| Nick Name | Durango |
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| Earliest Known Date | 1892 |
| Last Known Game | |
| Location | Durango, CO, United States |
| Modern Address | |
| NABBP Status | |
| Nine Class | Senior |
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| Description | Seymour, "Baseball: The People's Game," v. 3 p. 294: "The Durango, Colorado Herald of September 1881 reported a game played at Fort Lewis, Colorado, between the Crofton Baseball Club of the fort and a ball club from Durango..." Durango was founded in 1881. Durango is in southwest Colorado. Fort Lewis was nearby. The Silverton [CO] Standard, July 23, 1892, has a long and sarcastic article on how the Durango baseball club came to Silverton and was defeated. The article notes how Durango's fans whined about the game and refused to pay their bets. The headline, in the florid style of the time, reads: "Durango's Waterloo. No Blucher Comes to the Rescue. The Durango Nine Overwhelmingly Defeated by a Score of 25 to 6." Durango, CO was established in 1881. It is probable that Durango had a baseball team prior to 1892, as the Silverton Standard, May 10, 1890, has the Silverton team looking for games with (inter alia) Durango. |
| Sources | The Silverton [CO] Standard, July 23, 1892 Seymour, "Baseball: The People's Game," v. 3 p. 294 |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Has Source On Hand | No |
| Comment | Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Edit with form to add a query |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
| Submission Note | |
| Entered by | Bruce Allardice |
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