Plowboys Club of Downers Grove

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Nick Name	Plowboys
Earliest Known Date	July 1858
Last Known Game
Location	Downers Grove, IL, United States
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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)
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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. 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	Downers Grove, IL
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

Warning: Users should not rely on a team's won-loss record as a reflection of its "standing" among all base ball clubs. Team schedules were not balanced, and a good record against mostly weak opponents does not signify a leading club.

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Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1858	1 Played	0 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		Chicago, IL	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: 2, Average Runs: 25.00, Average Winning Runs: 27.50, Average Losing Runs: 22.50

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