Alton Base-Ball Club v Upper Alton Base Ball Club on 19 June 1858undefined
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| Date of Game | Saturday, June 19, 1858 |
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| Game | Town Ball |
| Location | Alton, IL, United States |
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| Home Team | Add Club Page Alton Base-Ball Club |
| Away Team | Add Club Page Upper Alton Base Ball Club |
| Score | 224 90 |
| Has Source On Hand | No |
| Innings | 5 |
| Number of Players | |
| NY Rules | No - Predecessor |
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| Description | "BASEBALL IN ILLINOIS. – The Alton [IL] Base-Ball Club . . . a meeting was held on the evening of May 18, to organize a club . . . . The Upper Alton Base Ball Club . . . sent us a challenge, to play a match game, on Saturday, the 19th of June, which was accepted by our club; each side had five innings, and thirteen players each, with the following result: The Alton Base-Ball Club made 224 rounds. The Upper Alton Base-Ball Club made 90 rounds." "Base-Ball", Porter's Spirit of the Times, Volume 4, number 20 (July 17, 1858), p. 309, columns. 2-3 Alton IL is a Mississippi River town 5 miles north of St. Louis. Missouri. Jeff Kittel in his "This Game of Games' website thinks that this team probably played town ball, having fund a reference to the organization of the Alton team and mention that it was playing the game of ball that had been around for many years. |
| Sources | Porter's Spirit of the Times, Volume 4, number 20 (July 17, 1858) |
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| Has Source On Hand | No |
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| Submitted by | Bruce Allardice |
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