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|Location=Illinois
|Location=Illinois
|Game=Not Specified
|Game=Not Specified
|Text=<p>"The first game in IL was in 1851 between Joliet and Lockport."</p>
|Text=<p>"There were well established teams throughout the state of Illinois as early as those of Chicago, if not earlier.&nbsp; The <em>Lockport Telegraph</em> of August 6, 1851, tells of a game between the Hunkidoris of Joliet and the Sleepers of Lockport [IL]."</p>
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|Sources=<p>John does not provide a source.</p>
|Sources=<p>Federal Writers' Project -- Illinois, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball in Old Chicago</span>, (McClurg, 1939). page 1.&nbsp; [From GBooks search for &lt;"Joliet and the Sleepers"&gt;, 3/28/2013].</p>
|Warning=<p>It seems unlikely that this game was played by modern (Knickerbocker) rules.</p>
|Warning=<p>It seems unlikely that this game was played by modern rules.</p>
|Submitted by=John Freyer, 19CBB posting of 5/28/07
|Submitted by=John Freyer
|Submission Note=19CBB posting of 5/28/07 and email of 2/14/13
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Has Supplemental Text=No
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Early Game in Illinois Involves Joliet, Lockport

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Location Illinois
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Text

"There were well established teams throughout the state of Illinois as early as those of Chicago, if not earlier.  The Lockport Telegraph of August 6, 1851, tells of a game between the Hunkidoris of Joliet and the Sleepers of Lockport [IL]."

 

Sources

Federal Writers' Project -- Illinois, Baseball in Old Chicago, (McClurg, 1939). page 1.  [From GBooks search for <"Joliet and the Sleepers">, 3/28/2013].

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It seems unlikely that this game was played by modern rules.

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Submitted by John Freyer
Submission Note 19CBB posting of 5/28/07 and email of 2/14/13



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