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First Co-Ed college baseball game?
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | FemalesFemales |
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| City/State/Country: | [[Evanston, IL, {{{Country}}}|Evanston]], [[IL, {{{Country}}}|IL]], [[{{{Country}}}]] |
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| Text | Sheppard (ed.),"History of Northwestern University and Evanston" p 154 cites the college paper as reporting that on July 4, 1871: "Baseball Match Between Ladies' College nine and Northwestern University: prize a silver ball: score 57 to 4 in favor of Northwestern." The "Evanston College for Ladies" was at the time separate from the main college. |
| Sources | Sheppard (ed.),"History of Northwestern University and Evanston" p 154. Seymour, "The People's Game" also references this event. |
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| Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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1871.8 First Co-Ed college baseball game?"
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