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|City=Evanston
|City=Evanston
|State=Illinois
|State=Illinois
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|Nickname=Gazelles
 
|Submitter=Bruce Allardice
|Submitter=Bruce Allardice
|First=No
|First=No
|Approved=false
|Approved=false
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|Pagetext=The Chicago Tribune, Sept. 25, 1869: "The University nines of Chicago and Evanston play a match game of base ball this forenoon.... at the Camp Douglas grounds."
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|Pagetext=The Providence (RI) Journal Nov. 4, 1869, in a story [icked up by other newspapers, says: "The young women of Evanston (Illinois) College play base ball three times a week." This refers to Northwestern University.
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Obviously, this is the Northwestern University club. Camp Douglas was on the south side of Chicago, around 31st-35th streets, near the current University of Chicago.
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|Sources=Providence (RI) Journal Nov. 4, 1869
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The Chicago Tribune, Oct. 12, 1869: "Base Ball. Gazelles vs. Independents." The Gazelles of Evanston beat the Independents of Chicago Oct. 9th in Evanston.
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Other newspapers note that the female students ot Northwestern had a baseball club of their own in 1869.
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|Sources=The Chicago Tribune, Sept. 25, 1869; Oct. 12, 1869
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