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|Description=<p>The <em>Chicago Tribune</em>, Aug. 24, 1870, under the headline "The Sporting World. Base Ball from a Colored Point of View" has a long article on "colored" baseball in Chicago, focusing on the Blue Stockings, a club "made up exclusively of dusky athletes who are employed as waiters" at the local hotels and bars. It focuses on a recent game at Ogden Park, with 400 mostly "colored" spectators, where the Blue Stockings defeated another "colored" club, the Rockford Club of Rockford, 48-14. Gives a box score.</p> | |Description=<p>The <em>Chicago Tribune</em>, Aug. 24, 1870, under the headline "The Sporting World. Base Ball from a Colored Point of View" has a long article on "colored" baseball in Chicago, focusing on the Blue Stockings, a club "made up exclusively of dusky athletes who are employed as waiters" at the local hotels and bars. It focuses on a recent game at Ogden Park, with 400 mostly "colored" spectators, where the Blue Stockings defeated another "colored" club, the Rockford Club of Rockford, 48-14. Gives a box score.</p> | ||
<p>Chicago Inter Ocean, Sept. 28, 1870, reporting on an early inter-racial game, says the Blue Stockings (colored) lost to a nine of white players 17-15 at Ogden Park yesterday.</p> | |||
|Sources=<p>The <em>Chicago Tribune</em>, Aug. 24, 1870</p> | |Sources=<p>The <em>Chicago Tribune</em>, Aug. 24, 1870</p> | ||
|Has Source On Hand=No | |Has Source On Hand=No |
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Nick Name | Blue Stockings |
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Earliest Known Date | 1870 |
Last Known Game | |
Location | Chicago, IL, United States |
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Nine Class | Senior |
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Description | The Chicago Tribune, Aug. 24, 1870, under the headline "The Sporting World. Base Ball from a Colored Point of View" has a long article on "colored" baseball in Chicago, focusing on the Blue Stockings, a club "made up exclusively of dusky athletes who are employed as waiters" at the local hotels and bars. It focuses on a recent game at Ogden Park, with 400 mostly "colored" spectators, where the Blue Stockings defeated another "colored" club, the Rockford Club of Rockford, 48-14. Gives a box score. Chicago Inter Ocean, Sept. 28, 1870, reporting on an early inter-racial game, says the Blue Stockings (colored) lost to a nine of white players 17-15 at Ogden Park yesterday. |
Sources | The Chicago Tribune, Aug. 24, 1870 |
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Has Source On Hand | No |
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Found by | Bruce Allardice |
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Entered by | Bruce Allardice |
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