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{{Club
{{Club
|Coordinates=41.8500284, -88.3125738
|Entry Origin=Sabrpedia
|Name=Eagle Club of Batavia
|Name=Eagle Club of Batavia
|Club Name=Eagle
|Club Name=Eagle
|Date=1/1/1869
|Type of Date=Year
|Type of Date=Year
|Date=1867/01/01
|Date of Dissolution Type=Day
|Country=United States
|State=IL
|City=Batavia
|Description=<p>The Chicago Tribune June 22, 1869 reports on a game played in Wheaton "Saturday last" between the Eagle BBC of Batavia, and the School Boys of Wheaton, won by Wheaton 34-30. Query--were the "School Boys" a Wheaton College team?</p>
<p>This club might have existed in 1867. See the St. Charles, IL entry, for 1867 which talks of Batavia's "best pitcher" "Tom Meredith, later county clerk." Thomas Meredith, a hardware merchant, was born in 1835, died in 1888. See also&nbsp;The St. Charles Valley Chronicle, July 5, 1889, which says that a Capt. Offensend (prob. Olvin Offensend, 1832-1903) was the manager of this team.</p>
<p>Batavia was first settled in 1833, incorporated in 1872, and had 1621 residents in 1860.</p>
|Sources=<p>Sampson, "Ballists, Dead Beats and Muffins" (2023)</p>
|Has Source On Hand=No
|Reviewed=Yes
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
|Entered by=Bruce Allardice
|First in Location=Batavia, IL
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Is No Later Than=Yes
|Is No Later Than=Yes
|First Newspaper Mention=1/1/1869
|First Newspaper Mention=1869/01/01
|First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Year
|First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Year
|City=Batavia
|State=IL
|Country=United States
|Coordinates=41.8500284, -88.3125738
|Description=<p>The Chicago Tribune June 22, 1869 reports on a game played in Wheaton "Saturday last" between the Eagle BBC of Batavia, and the School Boys of Wheaton, won by Wheaton 34-30. Query--were the "School Boys" a Wheaton College team?
</p>
|Reviewed=No
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
|Entry Origin=Sabrpedia
}}
}}

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Nick Name Eagle
Earliest Known Date 1867
Location Batavia, IL, United States
Description

The Chicago Tribune June 22, 1869 reports on a game played in Wheaton "Saturday last" between the Eagle BBC of Batavia, and the School Boys of Wheaton, won by Wheaton 34-30. Query--were the "School Boys" a Wheaton College team?

This club might have existed in 1867. See the St. Charles, IL entry, for 1867 which talks of Batavia's "best pitcher" "Tom Meredith, later county clerk." Thomas Meredith, a hardware merchant, was born in 1835, died in 1888. See also The St. Charles Valley Chronicle, July 5, 1889, which says that a Capt. Offensend (prob. Olvin Offensend, 1832-1903) was the manager of this team.

Batavia was first settled in 1833, incorporated in 1872, and had 1621 residents in 1860.

Sources

Sampson, "Ballists, Dead Beats and Muffins" (2023)

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Batavia, IL
Entry Origin Sabrpedia

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