Lookout Club of Chattanooga

Pre-pro Baseball
	Chattanooga, TN Firsts, Games, Clubs, Fields, Predecessor Games Greater New York City Firsts, Games, Clubs, Fields, Predecessor Games TN Firsts, Games, Clubs, Fields, Predecessor Games United States Firsts, Games, Clubs, Fields, Predecessor Games
	Add a Ballgame
	Add a Predecessor Game
	Add a Field
	Add a Club
	Add a Player
	Add a Game Official
	Base Ball Firsts
	Add a Base Ball First
	About Pre-pro
	Waff's Game Tabulation
	Bob Tholkes RIM Tabulation
	Awaiting Review

Nick Name	Lookout
Earliest Known Date	1865 -- No Later than November 7, 1865, as early as September 23, 1865
Last Known Game
Location	Chattanooga, TN, United States
Modern Address
NABBP Status	Member Listed in Peverelly (1866)
Nine Class	Senior
Tags
Description	The earliest mentions of the Lookout Club are in the Nov. 18, 1865 edition of Wilkes' Spirit of the Times and The New York Clipper. The Clipper provides a box score of an intrasquad scrimmage and mentions that the club was formed on Sept. 23, 1865. There are further intrasquad scrimmages (at least twice with only seven or eight to a side) played in the spring of 1866. The Spirit of the Times article dates its announcement of the same match as Nov. 7, so this match must have been played before that date. The Chattanooga Daily American Union, March 3, 1866 reports on one such intrasquad game, and says the Lookout is "the championship Base Ball Club of the South." The New York Clipper, March 31, 1866 has the box score (with players names) of an intersquad game of this club. Chattanooga had a population of about 6,000 in 1870. It is located on the Tennessee River in the SE corner of the state near the Georgia border.
Sources	"Base Ball at Chattanooga." New York Clipper. Nov. 18, 1865.
Source Image
Has Source On Hand	No
Comment	Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Edit with form to add a query
Found by	Bruce Allardice, Christopher Ryland
Submission Note
Entered by	Christopher Ryland
First in Location	Chattanooga, TN
First in Location Note
Entry Origin	Sabrpedia
Entry Origin Url
Local-Origin Study Groups	Tennessee Association of Vintage Base Ball
Has Supplemental Text

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.

Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1865	1 Played	0 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied
1866	1 Played	0 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied

Ballgames

Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1865-11-24	Chattanooga		TN	Lookout Club of Chattanooga	Lookout Club of Chattanooga		Chattanooga, TN	Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1866-03-02	Chattanooga		TN	Lookout Club of Chattanooga	Lookout Club of Chattanooga	20 - 24		Christopher Ryland

Add a Ballgame

Players

Player	Years	Roles	Edit Association with Club
Charles C. Seigfried	1867
W.J. Ramage	1867

Add a Player

Playing Fields

Add a Field

Comments