Rockford Club of Rockford

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Nick Name	Rockford
Earliest Known Date	1870
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Location	Rockford, 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. The Rockford Weekly Register Gazette, Aug. 20, 1870, under the heading "Colored Clubs," says the Rockford of Rockford are to play the Atlantics of Beloit,a nd will soon play the Blue Stockings.
Sources	The Chicago Tribune, Aug. 24, 1870
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
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