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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1858 | |Year=1858 | ||
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|Year Number=33 | |Year Number=33 | ||
|Headline=Earliest Games in Chicago IL? | |Headline=Earliest Games in Chicago IL? | ||
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|Location=Illinois | |Location=Illinois | ||
|Country=United States | |Country=United States | ||
|Coordinates=41.8781136, -87.6297982 | |||
|State=IL | |State=IL | ||
|City=Chicago | |City=Chicago | ||
|Modern Address= | |||
|Game= | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
|Age of Players=Youth | |Age of Players=Youth | ||
|Holiday= | |||
|Notables= | |||
|Text=<p>[1] "A match game was played yesterday [7/7/1858] afternoon between the Union Base Ball Club, of this city, and the Downer's grove Base Ball Club. . . . A spacious tent was erected on the Club's grounds, corner of West Harrison and Halstead Streets. The Downer's Grove Club came of (sic) victorious, the 'country boys' being excellent players."</p> | |Text=<p>[1] "A match game was played yesterday [7/7/1858] afternoon between the Union Base Ball Club, of this city, and the Downer's grove Base Ball Club. . . . A spacious tent was erected on the Club's grounds, corner of West Harrison and Halstead Streets. The Downer's Grove Club came of (sic) victorious, the 'country boys' being excellent players."</p> | ||
<p>[2] The Excelsior Club downed Union, 8/29/1858. The score was Excelsior 17, Union 11.</p> | <p>[2] The Excelsior Club downed Union, 8/29/1858. The score was Excelsior 17, Union 11.</p> | ||
<p>[3] Growth in Chicago was slow. Although its population was nearing 110,000 in 1860, it still had only four base ball clubs.</p> | <p>[3] Growth in Chicago was slow. Although its population was nearing 110,000 in 1860, it still had only four [with updated research, 18 (ba)] base ball clubs.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>[1]"Base Ball Match," <em>Chicago Daily Press and Tribune</em>, vol. 12 number 6 (Thursday, July 8, 1858), page 1 column 4. Posted to 19CBB on 9/11/2007 by Craig Waff.</p> | |Sources=<p>[1]"Base Ball Match," <em>Chicago Daily Press and Tribune</em>, vol. 12 number 6 (Thursday, July 8, 1858), page 1 column 4. Posted to 19CBB on 9/11/2007 by Craig Waff.</p> | ||
<p>[2]<em>Chicago Daily Times and Tribune</em>, September 1, 1858, page 1 column 4. Posted to 19CBB on 9/11/2007 by Craig Waff.</p> | <p>[2]<em>Chicago Daily Times and Tribune</em>, September 1, 1858, page 1 column 4. Posted to 19CBB on 9/11/2007 by Craig Waff.</p> | ||
<p>[3] Steven Freedman, "The Baseball Fad in Chicago, 1865-1870," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Journal of Sport History</span>, Volume 5 number 2 (Summer 1978), page 42.</p> | <p>[3] Steven Freedman, "The Baseball Fad in Chicago, 1865-1870," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Journal of Sport History</span>, Volume 5 number 2 (Summer 1978), page 42.</p> | ||
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|Submitted by=Craig Waff | |Submitted by=Craig Waff | ||
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|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Text | [1] "A match game was played yesterday [7/7/1858] afternoon between the Union Base Ball Club, of this city, and the Downer's grove Base Ball Club. . . . A spacious tent was erected on the Club's grounds, corner of West Harrison and Halstead Streets. The Downer's Grove Club came of (sic) victorious, the 'country boys' being excellent players." [2] The Excelsior Club downed Union, 8/29/1858. The score was Excelsior 17, Union 11. [3] Growth in Chicago was slow. Although its population was nearing 110,000 in 1860, it still had only four [with updated research, 18 (ba)] base ball clubs. |
| Sources | [1]"Base Ball Match," Chicago Daily Press and Tribune, vol. 12 number 6 (Thursday, July 8, 1858), page 1 column 4. Posted to 19CBB on 9/11/2007 by Craig Waff. [2]Chicago Daily Times and Tribune, September 1, 1858, page 1 column 4. Posted to 19CBB on 9/11/2007 by Craig Waff. [3] Steven Freedman, "The Baseball Fad in Chicago, 1865-1870," Journal of Sport History, Volume 5 number 2 (Summer 1978), page 42. |
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