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|State=WI ...ticle about the recent Northwest Baseball Convention in Chicago. Among the WI teams represented were the Badger of Columbus, the Badger of Beloit, and th

|State=WI |City=Madison

|State=WI ...icago Inter Ocean</em>, Aug. 16, 1868 reports that the Capitol City BBC of Madison recently beat the Fire Flies of Beaver Dam 100-10.</p>

|Name=Olympic Wicket Club v Mendota Wicket Club in 1858 |State=WI

|Headline=Ball Games Recalled in Southwestern WI ...In 1819, at Prarie du Chien, Crele was one of the most active participants in the games of base ball, town ball foot races, horse races, &amp;c, and yet

|Name=Confederate POWs v Confederate POWs in 1862 |State=WI

|First Newspaper Mention=1865/01/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Year

...llplaying. It seems plausible that wicket was played in the 1850s-1860s in WI, but it hardly seems a mortally risky game, and it seems possible that &ldq

|State=WI ...tter city, on Saturday last [June 16], which resulted in a victory for the Madison Club."</p>

...rief notes, like the "played ball in the afternoon" he recorded in Memphis in February 1863 [page 34]. The more revealing entries:</p> ...the boys form their well-worn decks and cribbage boards, bringing them out in ball playing, pitching quoits,etc. Tallied for an interesting game of base

|Headline=Wisconsin's First State Base Ball Tourney Lists $1500 in Prizes |State=WI