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Nick Name	Washington
Earliest Known Date	1859
Last Known Game
Location	Washington, CT, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	The Hartford Connecticut Courant, Sept. 28, 1865: "State Matters. Wolcottville. A very interesting and exciting game of base ball was played on Monday between the Wolcottville and Washington clubs." Washington won 62 to 10. Wolcottville is today Torrington, CT. Tholkes RIM has an 1859 game of this club.
Sources	The Hartford Connecticut Courant, Sept. 28, 1865 Tholkes RIM database
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Has Source On Hand	No
Comment	The Frederick Gunn school evidently had a baseball team in 1859. And a photo of an 1869 game of the alumni of this school was in Ken Burns' baseball documentary. See https://issuu.com/thegunnery/docs/gunnbulletinfall2021-web/s/14302984 Edit with form to add a comment
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
First in Location	Washington, CT
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

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Year	Games	Wins	Losses
1861	1 Played	0 Won	1 Lost
1862	1 Played	1 Won	0 Lost
1863	2 Played	2 Won	0 Lost

Ballgames

Page	Date	City	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1861-08-31	Washington	CT	Club of Washington, CT	Club of Litchfield	33 - 44		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1862-08-16	Washington	CT	Club of Washington, CT	Club of Litchfield	35 - 17		Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1863-06-26	Litchfield	CT	Club of Litchfield	Club of Washington, CT	4 - 27	Litchfield, CT	Bob Tholkes
Ballgame	1863-07-11	Washington	CT	Club of Washington, CT	Club of Litchfield	30 - 3		Bob Tholkes

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 {{Club
-|Coordinates=41.630267, -73.31072230000001
+|Coordinates=41.630267, -73.3107223
 |Name=Club of Washington, CT
 |Club Name=Washington
 |Type of Date=Year
-|Date=1865/12/01
+|Date=1859/01/01
 |Date of Dissolution Type=Day
 |Country=United States
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 |Description=<p>The Hartford&nbsp;<em>Connecticut Courant</em>, Sept. 28, 1865: "State Matters. Wolcottville. A very interesting and exciting game of base ball was played on Monday between the Wolcottville and Washington clubs." Washington won 62 to 10.</p>
 <p>Wolcottville is today Torrington, CT.</p>
+<p>Tholkes RIM has an 1859 game of this club.</p>
 |Sources=<p>The Hartford&nbsp;<em>Connecticut Courant</em>, Sept. 28, 1865</p>
+<p>Tholkes RIM database</p>
 |Has Source On Hand=No
+|Comment=<p>The Frederick Gunn school evidently had a baseball team in 1859. And a photo of an 1869 game of the alumni of this school was in Ken Burns' baseball documentary. See&nbsp;https://issuu.com/thegunnery/docs/gunnbulletinfall2021-web/s/14302984</p>
 |Reviewed=Yes
 |Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
+|Entered by=Bruce Allardice
+|First in Location=Washington, CT
+|Has Supplemental Text=No
 }}