Club of Las Cruces

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Nick Name	Las Cruces
Earliest Known Date	1884
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Location	Las Cruces, NM, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	The Rio Grande Republican, Dec. 13, 1884, reports that "a hurriedly picked nine of Las Cruces", only recently organized, lost to a visiting El Paso club 41-14. The Mesilla Valley Democrat, Sept. 21, 1888, mentions a game between the "Las Cruces club" and a picked nine. Las Cruces was settled in 1849, but didn't "take off" as a town (nearby Mesilla dwarfed it) until the railroad arrived in 1881. It is likely that baseball arrived in the area earlier than 1888.
Sources	The Rio Grande Republican, Dec. 13, 1884; The Mesilla Valley Democrat, Sept. 21, 1888
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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First in Location	Las Cruces, NM
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