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|Description=<p>The Plowboys of Downers Grove, Du Page County, in what is now the Chicago suburbs, played a Chicago team July 7, 1858. &ldquo;Base Ball Match,&rdquo; Chicago Daily Press and Tribune, vol. 12 number 6 (Thursday, July 8, 1858), page 1 column 4. It is presumed the game was played under the NY rules, as the Chicago team played under such rules.</p>
|Description=<p>The Plowboys of Downers Grove, Du Page County, in what is now the Chicago suburbs, played a Chicago team July 7, 1858. &ldquo;Base Ball Match,&rdquo; Chicago Daily Press and Tribune, vol. 12 number 6 (Thursday, July 8, 1858), page 1 column 4. It is presumed the game was played under the NY rules, as the Chicago team played under such rules.</p>
<p>This Plow Boys Club existed at least through 1870. See the Naperville <em>Clarion</em>, June 15, 22, 1870.</p>
<p>This Plow Boys Club existed at least through 1870. See the Naperville <em>Clarion</em>, June 15, 22, 1870.</p>
|Sources=<p>Chicago Daily Press and Tribune, vol. 12 number 6 (Thursday, July 8, 1858)</p>
|Sources=<p>Chicago Daily Press and Tribune, vol. 12 number 6 (Thursday, July 8, 1858); Naperville Sentinel, July 15, 1858</p>
|Has Source On Hand=No
|Has Source On Hand=No
|Comment=<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Of the Plow Boys--See my presentation to the Downers Grove Historical Society. March 23, 2025, and the research notes I donated to the DGHS archives.</div>
|Comment=<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Of the Plow Boys--See my presentation to the Downers Grove Historical Society. March 23, 2025, and the research notes I donated to the DGHS archives.</div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I can only prove 5 games the Plow Boys played--1858 in Chicago, 1859 against Danby, c. 1859-60 against Wheaton, 1867 (the junior club) against Fullersburg&nbsp; and 1870 against Naperville.</div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I can only prove 5 games the Plow Boys played--1858 in Chicago, 1859 against Danby, c. 1859-60 against Wheaton, 1867 (the junior club) against Fullersburg&nbsp; and 1870 against Naperville. Games in this period against Batavia and Plainfield are mentioned in one reminisce, but no newspaper mention of these has yet been found.</div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Players in the 1858 game were:</div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">
<p>Plow Boys Club</p>
<ol>
<li>L Stanley</li>
<li>E. O. Stanley</li>
<li>John Perry</li>
<li>John Marvin</li>
<li>S. Carpenter</li>
<li>W. M. Marvin</li>
<li>John Stanley</li>
<li>D. C. Stanley</li>
<li>W, Bancroft</li>
<li>Edward Blodgett</li>
<li>Jas. Depue</li>
</ol></div>
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice

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Nick Name Plowboys
Earliest Known Date July 1858
Location Downers Grove, IL, United States
Description

The Plowboys of Downers Grove, Du Page County, in what is now the Chicago suburbs, played a Chicago team July 7, 1858. “Base Ball Match,” Chicago Daily Press and Tribune, vol. 12 number 6 (Thursday, July 8, 1858), page 1 column 4. It is presumed the game was played under the NY rules, as the Chicago team played under such rules.

This Plow Boys Club existed at least through 1870. See the Naperville Clarion, June 15, 22, 1870.

Sources

Chicago Daily Press and Tribune, vol. 12 number 6 (Thursday, July 8, 1858); Naperville Sentinel, July 15, 1858

Comment
Of the Plow Boys--See my presentation to the Downers Grove Historical Society. March 23, 2025, and the research notes I donated to the DGHS archives.
I can only prove 5 games the Plow Boys played--1858 in Chicago, 1859 against Danby, c. 1859-60 against Wheaton, 1867 (the junior club) against Fullersburg  and 1870 against Naperville. Games in this period against Batavia and Plainfield are mentioned in one reminisce, but no newspaper mention of these has yet been found.
Players in the 1858 game were:

Plow Boys Club

  1. L Stanley
  2. E. O. Stanley
  3. John Perry
  4. John Marvin
  5. S. Carpenter
  6. W. M. Marvin
  7. John Stanley
  8. D. C. Stanley
  9. W, Bancroft
  10. Edward Blodgett
  11. Jas. Depue
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Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Downers Grove, IL
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

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Year Games Wins Losses Ties
1858 1 Played 1 Won 0 Lost 0 Tied
1859 2 Played 1 Won 0 Lost 0 Tied
1870 1 Played 0 Won 1 Lost 0 Tied

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Page Date City Borough State Team 1 Team 2 Score First in Contributor
Ballgame 1858-07-07 Chicago IL Union Club of Chicago Plowboys Club of Downers Grove 11 - 71 Craig Waff
Ballgame 1859 Wheaton IL Star Club of Wheaton Plowboys Club of Downers Grove 26 - 27 Wheaton, IL Bruce Allardice
Ballgame 1859-06-18 Danby IL Club of Danby, IL Plowboys Club of Downers Grove Danby, IL Bruce Allardice
Ballgame 1870-07-04 Lisle IL Plowboys Club of Downers Grove Naperville Picked Nine 19 - 28 Bruce Allardice
Ballgames with Scores: 3, Average Runs: 30.33, Average Winning Runs: 42.00, Average Losing Runs: 18.67

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