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|Name=In Springfield in 1858 |State=IL

|Name=Olympic BBC of Springfield IL |State=IL

|State=IL ...an excursion and picnic of the Springfield Baptists to Petersburg, where a Springfield "picked nine" will play the Petersburg base ball club. The Chicago <em>Trib

|Name=Liberty Jr. Club of Springfield |State=IL

|Name=Capital BBC of Springfield IL |State=IL

|Name=Liberty Club of Springfield |State=IL

|State=IL |Description=<p>The Springfield <em>Daily Illinois State Journal</em>, Oct. 18, 1870 reports that Kaskaskia

|Name=Diamond Garters Club of Springfield |State=IL

|State=IL |Description=<p>The <em>Springfield Daily Illinois State Register</em>, July 23, 1883 reports that the R. &amp;

|Headline=Some First Female teams and games in US cities |Text=<p>The games and clubs entries in the "Pre-Pro Baseball Database" contain the following entries (and years) f

|Name=in Springfield on 27 May 1863 |State=IL

|Name=In Athens in 1838 |State=IL

|Headline=Town Ball Came to Central IL in the 1820s. |Text=<p>"This game [bullpen, the local favorite] was, in time, abandoned for a game called "town ball;" the present base ball being

|State=IL ...d <em>Illinois State Register</em>, May 30, 1866, reports that "yesterday" in Jacksonville the Hercules (college) club beat the Hardin Club 78 to 42.</p>

|State=IL ...a County. Monica is north of Brimfield. The only "Rochester" in IL is near Springfield, and thus not the "Rochester" referred to.</p>

|Name=Mystic Club of Springfield |State=IL

|State=IL ...Springfield, and thus not the "Rochester" referred to. This "Rochester" is in Millbrook Tp., Peoria &nbsp;County, and is now named Elmore (which see).</p

{{Other First |Name=First Known Use of the Term "Town Ball"

|Name=McPherson Club of Decatur v Excelsior Base Ball Club of Pana in 1867 |State=IL

|Headline=Town Ball Recalled in Central IL ...State Historical Society for the Year 1905</u> (Illinois State Journal Co, Springfield, 1906), page 38. Contributed by Jeff Kittel, January 31, 2010. Accessed 2