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|Text=<p>[A] "A team called the Unions is said to have played in Chicago in 1856, but the earliest newspaper report of a game is found in the Chicago <em>Daily Journal</em> of August 17, 1858, which tells of a match game between the Unions and the Excelsiors to be playing on August 19. A few other games ere mentioned during the same year."</p> | |Text=<p>[A] "A team called the Unions is said to have played in Chicago in 1856, but the earliest newspaper report of a game is found in the Chicago <em>Daily Journal</em> of August 17, 1858, which tells of a match game between the Unions and the Excelsiors to be playing on August 19. A few other games ere mentioned during the same year."</p> | ||
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|Sources=<p>[A] Edwina Guilfoil, et. al., <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball in Old Chicago</span> (Federal Writers' Project of Works Project Administration, 1939), unpaginated page 4.</p> | |Sources=<p>[A] Edwina Guilfoil, et. al., <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Baseball in Old Chicago</span> (Federal Writers' Project of Works Project Administration, 1939), unpaginated page 4.</p> | ||
<p>[B] John R. Husman, "Ohio's First Baseball Game," Presented at the 34<sup>th</sup> SABR Convention, July 2004.</p> | <p>[B] John R. Husman, "Ohio's First Baseball Game," Presented at the 34<sup>th</sup> SABR Convention, July 2004.</p> | ||
|Warning=<p>Neither source gives a reference to evidence of the 1856 formation of the Union Club, so we here rely | |Warning=<p>Neither source gives a reference to evidence of the 1856 formation of the Union Club, so we here rely on the documented reference to a planned 1858 game. </p> | ||
|Query=<p>Can we find a basis for the report of 1856 establishment? </p> | |Query=<p>Can we find a basis for the report of 1856 establishment? </p> | ||
|Submitted by=John Thorn | |Submitted by=John Thorn | ||
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First Chicago Club Forms
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| City/State/Country: | Chicago, IL, US |
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| Text | [A] "A team called the Unions is said to have played in Chicago in 1856, but the earliest newspaper report of a game is found in the Chicago Daily Journal of August 17, 1858, which tells of a match game between the Unions and the Excelsiors to be playing on August 19. A few other games ere mentioned during the same year." [B] "Though baseball match games had been played in Illinois since the very early 1850's, the first Chicago Club, the Union, was not established until 1856."
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| Sources | [A] Edwina Guilfoil, et. al., Baseball in Old Chicago (Federal Writers' Project of Works Project Administration, 1939), unpaginated page 4. [B] John R. Husman, "Ohio's First Baseball Game," Presented at the 34th SABR Convention, July 2004. |
| Warning | Neither source gives a reference to evidence of the 1856 formation of the Union Club, so we here rely on the documented reference to a planned 1858 game. |
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| Query | Can we find a basis for the report of 1856 establishment? Edit with form to add a query |
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| Submitted by | John Thorn |
| Submission Note | Email of 4/9/2013 |
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1856.24 First Chicago Club Forms"
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