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- 08:58, 3 May 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Atlantic Club of Algiers#comment-119 - This club may have existed in 1860, as a New Orleans "Atlantic" club, playing at Algiers (which is across the river from New Orleans). See that club.)
- 06:51, 2 May 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Club of Fox Lake v Club of Courtland on 4 June 1859#comment-118 - The Fond du Lac Democratic Press, May 25, 1859: "A game of Base Ball was played on the 18th, between eight Randolph men, and eleven of Fox Lake. The Fox Lake party had the supper to ...)
- 17:33, 30 April 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Empire v Southern in New Orleans on 19 February 1860#comment-117 - The New Orleans Daily Crescent Feb. 20, 1860 reports at length on this "city championship" game. The Empire won, 57 to 37, at the Delachaise Ground in Jefferson City. A box score is...)
- 17:31, 30 April 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Orleans Club of New Orleans#comment-116 - The New Orleans Daily Crescent Jan. 31, 1860 mentions a ball being held by the Orleans Base Ball Club.)
- 04:00, 30 April 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Southern Club of New Orleans#comment-115 - The New Orleans Daily Crescent, Aug. 29 1859, said that yesterday the Southern BBC "had a merry bout" (intersquad game?) at Algiers.)
- 03:58, 30 April 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Empire Club of New Orleans#comment-114 - The New Orleans Daily Crescent Aug. 26, 1859 says that yesterday on the Delachaise grounds Smith's eleven of the Empire BBC beat McManus' eleven 44 runs to 35.)
- 03:55, 30 April 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Louisiana Club of New Orleans#comment-113 - The New Orleans Daily Crescent, Aug. 8, 1859, reports that the Louisiana BBC had a game "last Friday" (Aug. 5th) and will have another game the coming Friday.)
- 03:52, 30 April 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Empire Club of New Orleans#comment-112 - The New Orleans Daily Crescent, Aug. 10, 1859, reports that the Empire Club was organized "night before last" (Aug. 8).)
- 13:55, 29 April 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Empire Club of New Orleans v Louisiana Club of New Orleans on 14 September 1859#comment-111 - The New Orleans Sunday Delta, Sept. 11, 1859, labels the upcoming (Wednesday) game between the Empire and Louisiana clubs "the first match game of base ba...)
- 17:26, 22 April 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (The Canadian game (?) in London (Ontario) in 1856#comment-110 - The New York Clipper, Sept. 27, 1856 reported on this game between two London teams, the London and the Delaware, on Sept. 12th. Box score gvien. Nine players a side, only 2 innings pl...)
- 17:24, 22 April 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Club of Fox Lake v Club of Courtland on 4 June 1859#comment-109 - The Fox Lake club had an intersquad game June 15, 1859. See the New York Clipper, June 25, 1859.)
- 17:23, 22 April 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Diamond State Base Ball Club of Wilmington#comment-108 - The Diamond State club lost to the Philadelphia Athletics 104-7 at Wilmington in October 1865. See the New York Clipper, Jan. 13, 1866.)
- 08:47, 19 April 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Frontier Club of Fort Smith#comment-107 - The New York Clipper Nov. 13, 1869 reports on a game at Fort Smith, AR between the Frontier and the Stonewall, giving a box score.)
- 08:21, 19 April 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Wyoming BBC Club of Cheyenne#comment-106 - Fort Sanders was next to modern Cheyenne. And the soldiers at the Fort had a "Wyoming" team. There may be confusion here in the newspaper accounts.)
- 08:15, 19 April 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Young Eagle Club of San Jose#comment-105 - "University Mound" was probably a San Francisco team.)
- 07:43, 18 April 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Silver Star Club of Carson City#comment-104 - The New York Clipper March 19, 1870 has a long article on this club and a practice game it played. It gives the names of the players, and notes that Harry Berthrong, an old NY player, is on the team.)
- 06:58, 18 April 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Oriental Base Ball Club of Palmyra#comment-103 - The Occidental Jrs. of Quincy IL played and beat the Orientals of Palmyra on June 12 and 26, 1869. See the New York Clipper, Nov. 27, 1869.)
- 11:05, 29 March 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Everetts Club of Oshkosh#comment-102 - The Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, Sept. 15, 1866, says that the score of the above mentioned Everett-Star game was 41-30.)
- 06:31, 21 March 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Everetts Club of Oshkosh#comment-101 - The Door County Advocate, Sept. 6, 1866 reports that the Everett Club of Oshkosh recently defeated the Star of Green Bay.)
- 06:31, 21 March 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Stars Club of Green Bay#comment-100 - The Door County Advocate, Sept. 6, 1866 reports that the Everett Club of Oshkosh recently defeated the Star of Green Bay. Same, April 9, 1868 reports that the Star base ball club of Green Bay has been reorganiz...)
- 16:23, 15 March 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Dowagiac BBC#comment-99 - On Thursday, June 11, 1861, the Kalamazoo Nationals beat Dowagiac 28-5 at Dowagiac. Per the Kalamazoo Gazette, cited in the Kalamazoo Valley Museum newsletter, fall 2014.)
- 08:16, 9 March 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Louisville Base Ball Club#comment-98 - The Louisville Daily Express, Aug. 26, 1858, reports: "Base Ball--The Louisville Base Ball Club will play a match game this afternoon at the grounds, corner of Fourth and Kentucky streets,at five o'clock." Thi...)
- 08:45, 7 February 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Lone Star Club of New Orleans#comment-97 - This club was reactivated during the Civil War, and after New Orleans had been taken by the Union army. The New Orleans Times-Picayune, 10-1-64, 10-2-64, and 2-7-65 ran ads announcing a meeting of this clu...)
- 13:24, 3 February 2015 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Picked ballplayers from Sidney v Ball club of Co. G, 3rd US Cavalry on 22 August 1875#comment-96 - The names of the players on both sides are given in the article.)
- 08:26, 11 November 2014 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Ballgame in (Southern Taiwan) in 1910#comment-95 - According to Elias, "The Empire Strikes Out" p. 64, the Japanese occupiers formed baseball teams around 1910. And in 1915, a Taiwan Baseball Federation was formed.)
- 05:46, 14 October 2014 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Club of Pawlet#comment-89 - Burlington formed a club in April of 1860. See that entry.)
- 14:56, 8 September 2014 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Antietam Club of Hagerstown#comment-87 - The Baltimore Sun, Feb. 21, 1867, has an article on the MD state baseball convention and lists the clubs sending delegates. Among these was the Antietam Club of Hagerstown.)
- 20:52, 13 June 2014 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Atlantic Club of Chicago#comment-86 - The Chicago Times, June 13, 1869, reported that the Atlantic Club was playing its last game. BA)
- 05:49, 8 June 2014 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (The Carson club (the Silver Stars?) Club of Carson City#comment-85 - The San Francisco Chronicle, June 26, 1870, has a long article on a game in SF between the Eagles of SF and the Silver Stars of "Nevada" (won 34-16 by the home team), for the "Cha...)
- 08:52, 7 June 2014 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Gazelles Club of Evanston#comment-84 - The Gazelles may have been a junior or "pony" club. The Tribune Oct. 17, 1869, reports that the Baltics played the Gazelles for the "pony championship of the state," with the Baltics winning 28-23.)
- 08:48, 7 June 2014 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Athletic Club of Chicago#comment-83 - By 1869 the Athletics were considered one of the top clubs in Chicago. The Nov. 28, 1869 Chicago Tribune ran an article listing the Athletic's individual and team stats for the year. The Athletics won 7 of 11 m...)
- 06:56, 4 May 2014 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Actives v Benteens in SD on 31 July 1874#comment-82 - Roundup Magazine, April 2014, p. 21 says the Fort Abraham Lincoln squad defeated the Fort Rice squad 11-6 that day, at the site of present-day Custer, SD.)
- 12:10, 9 April 2014 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Excelsior Club of Vincennes#comment-79 - The quote above is taken from Greene, History of Old Vincennes and Knox County, vol. 1, p. 332. The book gives the names of some of the early players.)
- 11:25, 30 March 2014 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Club of Earlville#comment-78 - A Tammany Club of Earlville is mentioned in the Dixon Telegraph, June 15, 1871.)
- 06:42, 30 March 2014 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Base Ball Club of Monticello#comment-76 - This club may be the "Resolutes, of Monticello" who played in a base ball tournament in Galva Sept. 11th of that year. See the Daily Inter Ocean, Sept. 12, 1874.)
- 06:22, 30 March 2014 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Club of Havana#comment-75 - This Havana club may be the Red Stockings, which lost to Springfield 14 to 6 in Havana on Aug. 29, 1876. See the Daily Illinois State Journal, Aug. 30, 1876.)
- 12:45, 29 March 2014 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Egyptian Club of Cairo#comment-74 - Later clubs included the Star and Comets(Cairo Daily Bulletin, Aug. 16, 1874), Delta (8-1-74), Independent Grays (9-14-73))
- 14:43, 16 March 2014 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Base Ball Club of Seneca#comment-73 - The Ottawa Free Trader, Sept. 1, 1877, mentions the "Brown Stockings" of Seneca playing the Brown Stockings of Marseilles, with the latter winning 23-11.)
- 08:29, 16 March 2014 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Pecatonica Base Ball Club#comment-72 - The Pecatonica reputation probably grew out of a 49-1 loss to Detroit at the Rockford baseball tournament in 1866. See Rockford Weekly Register-Gazette, June 30, 1866. Same, Sept. 1, 1866, has the Eureka Club ...)
- 13:56, 16 February 2014 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Club of Saratoga Springs#comment-63 - This was the Saratoga Base Ball Club. The Saratoga Springs Daily Saratogian, July 12, 1861, says "There is to be no game between the Saratoga Base Ball Club and the Victory Club of Troy." But the Troy club will...)
- 18:34, 7 February 2014 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Unknown Club of Walla Walla#comment-62 - Per an article in Baseball, vol. 7, says the two earliest teams in Walla Walla were the Excelsiors and the Walla Wallas.)
- 13:07, 25 January 2014 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Brandywine Club of West Chester#comment-60 - An article in SABR says the Brandywine team formed in September of 1865. They played and lost to the Excelsior of Westtown on Nov. 18, 1865, and to Chester on Dec. 12, 1865. See http://sabr.org/node/29735)
- 13:05, 25 January 2014 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Excelsior Club of Coatesville#comment-59 - A SABR article on the Brandywine team of West Chester, PA says they beat the Excelsior of Coatesville 59-50 in 1866. See http://sabr.org/node/29735)
- 17:05, 25 December 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Surrey Cricket Club side 1 v Surrey Cricket Club side 2 on 9 July 1878#comment-58 - The Sydney Empire, Nov. 19, 1864, ran an ad for the billiard and cricket store of Charles Lawrence, self-described champion cricket player, where he promises to "im...)
- 17:00, 25 December 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Georgia Minstrels music troupe v St. Kilda Baseball Club in 1879#comment-57 - The Melbourne Argus, July 21, 1879, reports that St. Kilda played Hicks' Georgia Minstrels. Same, May 12, 1879: "The first practice of the St. Kilda Base Ball Club took p...)
- 11:38, 24 December 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Racine Club#comment-56 - Michael Epstein, "A Yaller Kivered Game. New York Style Baseball comes to Racine," NINE, Fall 2007, pp. 10-20, has more on this 1866 game and how the local newspaper covered baseball. The newspaper account mentions "Upham" ...)
- 15:33, 16 December 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment ('Natives' v 'Haoles' in HI on 4 July 1866#comment-55 - Sayuri Guthrie-Shimuzu, "Transpacific Field of Dreams" pp. 43-44, says the boys of the (mostly American) Punahoa school played a baseball game on July 4, 1866. The book cites school records. Th...)
- 09:21, 10 December 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Egyptian Club of Cairo#comment-54 - Later Cairo clubs include the Delta and the Nemo. In 1871, Cairo passed a town ordinance banning baseball playing (and kite flying) within the city limits. See the Cairo Bulletin, Sept. 10, 1871.)
- 07:13, 7 December 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Mountain Club of Altoona#comment-53 - The Harrisburg patriot, May 27, 1869: "Altoona has a new base ball club called the Mountain City." Given the similarity of names, it is unclear whether this is a "new" club or a revival of the 1862 team.)
- 19:02, 25 November 2013 Dave talk contribs changed group membership for Bsallardice from editor to editor and supereditor (Give Bruce delete privileges)
- 06:50, 14 October 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Carthage Orioles#comment-49 - Al Schacht performed at a baseball game in Bizerte during his 1943 African tour. The players were US servicemen stationed there. See www.baseballinwartime.com)
- 13:33, 21 September 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Hickories Club of McConnellsville#comment-48 - See McConnelsville.)
- 12:37, 21 September 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Sippo Club of Massillon#comment-47 - The Stark Club won that July 1867 game, played on the Friday prior to July 24th, 126 to 54, with the Stark swatting 16 home runs. See the Canton Repository, July 24, 1867.)
- 12:35, 21 September 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Sippo Club of Massillon#comment-46 - A Dexter BBC of Massillon was playing in Sept. 1867. See the Cincinnati Daily Gazette, Sept. 9, 1867.)
- 12:34, 21 September 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Athletics Club of Painesville#comment-45 - The Cleveland Leader, June 30, 1866: "The young men of Painesville have recently started a Base Ball Club, which is now fully organized and is a grand success. It already numbers over twenty members." So i...)
- 08:33, 15 September 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Rising Sun, Osceola Club of Bozeman area#comment-44 - Fort Ellis is near Bozeman.)
- 08:24, 15 September 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Rocky Mountain Club of Virginia City#comment-43 - The Montana Post, July 24, 1868, reports that the Occidental Base Ball Club was formed last Friday evening In Virginia City, with Henry Burdick, esq. elected president and Charles Wells Secretary.)
- 08:13, 15 September 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Rocky Mountain Base Ball Club - First Nine v Rocky Mountain Base Ball Club - Second Nine in 1866#comment-42 - The Montana Post was published in Virginia City. This article, and another article on May 26th 1866 makes clear that this team was formed ...)
- 08:51, 14 September 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Ballgame in Melbourne in 1867#comment-41 - Clark's book goes on to say that this was probably an "early form" of baseball, a predecessor-type game. The book also discusses the not-well-sourced assertion that American miners played baseball in/near ...)
- 15:10, 8 September 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Invincible Club of Saint John#comment-40 - This could be Saint John, New Brunswick rather than Saint John, Nova Scotia.)
- 11:16, 8 September 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Union Club of Waterford - 2#comment-39 - To add to the above: The Troy [NY] Daily Times, July 18, 1866, reports that "Another base ball club has been organized in Waterford, to be known as the McClellan Club.")
- 14:13, 2 September 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Star Club (Ogdensburg) v St. Lawrence Club (Ogdensburg) on 15 June 1860#comment-38 - In 1872 the Pastimes of Ogdensburg played a home-and-home series with the Ottawa [Canada] BBC. See the Ottawa Free Press, July 4, 1872.)
- 06:50, 25 August 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Army? in The West on 6 March 1848#comment-37 - Azariah Smith, along with other army veterans of the Mormon Battalion, was working near modern Coloma, CA, when gold was discovered there around January 1848. His diary makes clear he was still at/near...)
- 17:00, 24 August 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Ballgame in Halifax in 1868#comment-36 - But see new 1867 information.)
- 07:12, 18 August 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Ballgame in Mexico in 1877#comment-35 - A recent article by Cesar Gonzalez Gomez, "A New Perspective on Mexican Baseball Origins," Base Ball (Spring 2007) casts doubt on the Guaymas claim, saying it depends on the oral remembrances of a person 70 y...)
- 06:23, 7 August 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Ballplaying in Civil War Camps#comment-34 - The rise of recorded baseball playing in 1863 was due to the war situation, IMO. The regiments that came from the prime pre-CW baseball playing regions (mainly New England the Northeast) almost entirely s...)
- 14:36, 6 August 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Club of Scranton#comment-33 - There's an article on Linen (with image) in Steinke's "Scranton," page 44, which mentions his forming the Wyoming Club. The "New York Clipper" website has the names of the players, from a newspaper article on an early ...)
- 14:33, 6 August 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (1863.1#comment-32 - Millen cites the bank history for this information. The pitcher for the winning team was Lt. James Alexander Linen (1840-1918) of the 26th NJ, formerly of the Newark Eureka BBC. Linen later headed the bank, hence the mention in ...)
- 09:23, 6 August 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (1858.58#comment-31 - The "Baseball in Old Chicago" reference to the Union Club and 1856 probably referenced an article in the Chicago Tribune, dated Oct. 19, 1919, which reviewed early Chicago baseball and made the claim that the Unions played base...)
- 06:44, 6 August 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Union Club of Chicago#comment-30 - Old Chicago newspapers make clear that the Union Club existed as early as 1857, but they were playing cricket. See the Chicago Tribune, Aug. 29, 1857. Cricket had been played by the "Chicago Club" in Chicago as ea...)
- 12:11, 17 July 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Ballgame in Bogota in 1913#comment-29 - See Protoball entry for Panama. In 1883 baseball was played in Panama, which at that time was a province of Colombia. So technically the "first" game for Colombia might be considered to have been played in 1883.)
- 12:11, 17 July 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Ballgame in Colombia in 1903#comment-28 - See Protoball entry for Panama. In 1883 baseball was played in Panama, which at that time was a province of Colombia. So technically the "first" game for Colombia might be considered 1883.)
- 19:56, 16 July 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Ballgame in Johannesburg in 1895#comment-27 - I believe there was a baseball game played in Egypt 6 years earlier, part of the world baseball tour.)
- 12:58, 16 July 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (New:Marseilles Base Ball Club v Base Ball and Wicket Club of Ottawa in June 1858#comment-26 - "J. H. Burlison" appears to be NY-born John Burlison (1797-1869), a War of 1812 veteran who died in West Troy, NY. Games of "wicket" were played in CT and...)
- 09:54, 14 July 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (O.K., Shabbona Club of Ottawa#comment-25 - The Ottawa Free Trader, May 11, 1867, notes a game to be played May 17th between the Shabbona and O.K. clubs. Same June 1, 1867 gives the names of the players of both teams.Among the players are Henry Clay...)
- 16:37, 13 June 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Club of Charleston#comment-24 - Charleston appears to have had a club a couple months earlier. The Commerce [MO] Dispatch, Aug. 14, 1869 says the Lone Star of Morley and the Charleston BBC are to play a game. Same July 24, 1869 notes: "The grounds ...)
- 13:58, 13 June 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Ballgame in Honolulu on 25 May 1867#comment-23 - The Hawaiian Gazette, May 29, 1867, reported on the same game: "Base Ball--Last Saturday ... a spirited base ball game commenced on the Esplanade, near the Custom House.")
- 13:24, 13 June 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (New:Peninsula Club of Sturgeon Bay#comment-22 - A. W. Hall was captain and 1st baseman of the Peninsulas, and Judge Wm. K. Dresser (died 1878 age 48) played centerfield.)
- 07:39, 24 May 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Tigers Club of Lockport#comment-21 - This 1871 game was also reported in the Joliet Signal, June 27, 1871. Stone city won 24 to 8, in Joliet "last Friday".)
- 07:37, 24 May 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Tigers Club of Lockport#comment-20 - The book "19th Century Baseball in Chicago" (Rucker and Fryer) p. 13 asserts that the Lockport Telegraph of Aug. 6, 1851 reported on a game between the Hunkidoris of Joliet and the Sleepers of Lockport. The book...)
- 12:27, 21 May 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Club of Columbus#comment-19 - The Columbus "Colorado Citizen", July 18, 1878, reports on a match between the "Columbus nine" and a nine "made up of representatives of clubs from Schulenberg, Bastrop, Halletsville and Plum Grove," won by Columbus. T...)
- 16:41, 18 May 2013 Dave talk contribs changed group membership for Bsallardice from (none) to editor
- 09:11, 8 May 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Hicks-Sawyer Minstrel Co. side 1 v Hicks-Sawyer Minstrel Co. side 2 in November 1888#comment-18 - The Spalding world tour game was played Dec. 10, 1888 at the "Potter's Paddock" in Auckland, with the Chicago team beating the All Americas 22 to 13. ...)
- 14:58, 7 May 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Unknown Club of Jacksonville#comment-17 - There evidently was an earlier Jacksonville club. The Oregon Sentinel May 27, 1871, mentions a challenge sent to "the old Jacksonville club...[which] was at the time the challenge was received, disbanded...")
- 10:34, 7 May 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Corinthians Club of Corinne#comment-16 - The Corinne Daily Reader, May 14, 1873: "Base Ball--At a meeting of the young men of this city, held last evening, a base ball club was organized..." The article gives the names of the officers and players o...)
- 10:32, 7 May 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Dixie Club of St. George#comment-15 - The Deseret News, Aug. 25, 1886, has an item datelined Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah, July 31, of a game "for the Championship of Southern Utah" between the Panguitch and St. George clubs, at Panguitch Lake. St...)
- 10:04, 5 May 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Summit City Base Ball Club of Fort Wayne#comment-14 - To add to the above: the Fort Wayne Daily Gazette, Sept. 14, 1867, reports on "The Indiana Base Ball Convention" held in Indianapolis on Sept. 11th. The teams represented included the Kekionga o...)
- 10:02, 5 May 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Club of Evansville#comment-13 - To add to the above: the Fort Wayne Daily Gazette, Sept. 14, 1867, reports on "The Indiana Base Ball Convention" held in Indianapolis on Sept. 11th. The teams represented included the Resolute Club of Evansville)
- 10:01, 5 May 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Star City Club of Lafayette#comment-12 - To add to the above: the Fort Wayne Daily Gazette, Sept. 14, 1867, reports on "The Indiana Base Ball Convention" held in Indianapolis on Sept. 11th. The teams represented included the Hoosier Club of Lafayette.)
- 09:59, 5 May 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Western Club of Indianopolis#comment-11 - To add to the above: the Fort Wayne Daily Gazette, Sept. 14, 1867, reports on "The Indiana Base Ball Convention" held in Indianapolis on Sept. 11th. The teams represented were: Indianapolis--Buckhorn, Rail...)
- 09:21, 5 May 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Banner Club of St. Deroin#comment-10 - To add tot he above: The Daily Nebraska Press [Nebraska City], Oct. 2, 1869, reports that the St. Deroin BBC beat the Furnas County BBC 22-17 in a five inning game "yesterday afternoon at the grounds.")
- 09:07, 2 May 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Elgin BBC#comment-9 - Addition to above: The (Springfield) Daily Illinois State Journal, 9-7-1871: "Elgin now boasts two base ball clubs, composed entirely of ladies. They are known respectively as the Originals and the Independents, their uniforms...)
- 09:05, 2 May 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Juveniles Club of Arlington Heights#comment-8 - Addition: The [Arlington Heights] "Herald," 2-19-1915, page 8, col. 6, article titled: "Baseball 40 Years ago" Interviews local resident Clark Thurber, who recalls that he and current Arlington Heigh...)
- 10:00, 1 May 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Muldoons, Young Temperance Club of East St. Louis#comment-7 - There was an East St. Louis club in 1874. The Troy (IL) Weekly Bulletin, June 4, 12874, reports that the Empires of Collinsville beat East St. Louis last Saturday at Collinsville 26 to 2...)
- 09:48, 1 May 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Red Hots Club of Maroa#comment-6 - The Chicago Tribune, Dec. 4, 1871, adds the following: "Illinois... William H. Lusk died recently at Maroa from over-exertion in playing baseball.")
- 09:46, 1 May 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Egyptians Club of Centralia#comment-5 - The Chicago Tribune Sept. 19, 1867, confirms the existence of this club, reporting that the Egyptians of Centralia are to play the Pana club soon in Decatur.)
- 22:05, 29 March 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Forest City Club of Rockford#comment-4 - The Sinnissippie Club of Rockford sent delegates to the Dec. 7, 1865 North West Base Ball Convention held in Chicago. See Chicago Tribune, Dec. 7, 1865.)
- 22:01, 29 March 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Kenyon College Club of Gambier#comment-3 - The Kenyon Club of Kenyon College sent a delegate to the Northwest Base Ball Convention held in Chicago on Dec. 7, 1865. See Chicago Tribune, Dec. 7, 1865. BA)
- 08:25, 29 March 2013 Bsallardice talk contribs + comment (Stone City Club of Joliet#comment-2 - The Chicago Tribune, Aug. 13, 1870, in a report datelined "Joliet, Aug. 12" reports on a baseball game between the New Lenox Club and the Rockford Juniors, "of this city," won by the Juniors 28 to 24. There is ...)
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