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• Alton Baseball Club  + (<p>From Protoball entry #1858.42 – I … <p>From Protoball entry #1858.42 – In Downstate Illinois, New Club Wins by 134 Rounds</p></br><p>"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.</p></br><p>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.</p></br><p>The <em>Alton Weekly Telegraph</em>, June 3, 1858 says this club was organized "Monday last," with J. H. Hibbard as president. They will play a game "this afternoon" at the "State House Square" in Alton. Mentions that "base ball" has long been played. They have about 60 members, and will play every Friday.</p></br><p>Same June 24, 1858 (and Alton Daily Courier, June 21, 1858) reports on the game with Upper Alton.</p>June 24, 1858 (and Alton Daily Courier, June 21, 1858) reports on the game with Upper Alton.</p>)

• Alton Baseball Club  +