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{{Chronology Entry
{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1857
|Year Number=27
|Headline=Game of Wicket Reaches IA
|Headline=Game of Wicket Reaches IA
|Year=1857
|Salience=2
|Is in main chronology=yes
|Location=Iowa,
|Country=United States
|State=IA
|City=Clinton
|Game=Wicket
|Game=Wicket
|Text=<p>"BALL GAMES IN THE WEST. - It is with pleasure that we observe the gradual progression of these healthy and athletic games westward. A Wicket Club has recently been organized in Clinton City , Iowa, which is looked on with much favor by the young men of that locality." <u>The Clipper</u> [date omitted from clipping book; sequencing suggests June of 1857]. Facsimile provide by Craig Waff, September 2008.</p>
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Adult
|Text=<p>"BALL GAMES IN THE WEST. - It is with pleasure that we observe the gradual progression of these healthy and athletic games westward. A Wicket Club has recently been organized in Clinton City , Iowa, which is looked on with much favor by the young men of that locality."</p>
|Sources=<p><em>New York Clipper,&nbsp;</em>June 13, 1857.&nbsp;Facsimile provide by Craig Waff, September 2008.</p>
<p>Also covered in&nbsp;<em>Porter's Spirit of the Times,&nbsp;</em>June 20, 1857</p>
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Coordinates=41.8444735, -90.1887379
}}
}}

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Game of Wicket Reaches IA

Salience Noteworthy
Location Iowa
City/State/Country: Clinton, IA, United States
Game Wicket
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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"BALL GAMES IN THE WEST. - It is with pleasure that we observe the gradual progression of these healthy and athletic games westward. A Wicket Club has recently been organized in Clinton City , Iowa, which is looked on with much favor by the young men of that locality."

Sources

New York Clipper, June 13, 1857. Facsimile provide by Craig Waff, September 2008.

Also covered in Porter's Spirit of the Times, June 20, 1857

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