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|Location=Louisiana | |Location=Louisiana | ||
|Year=1871 | |Year=1871 | ||
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|City=Alexandria | |City=Alexandria | ||
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|Nickname=Rapides | |Nickname=Rapides | ||
|Submitter=Bruce Allardice | |Submitter=Bruce Allardice | ||
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|Pagetext=In 1864 Union soldiers playing a game of baseball near Alexandria were attacked by Confederate cavalry. See George Putnam account at www.baseball-almanac.com, “Civil War Baseball: Baseball in Blue and Gray.” Baseball played by locals came later. The Alexandria Louisiana Democrat, May 31, 1871, said the Rapides baseball club of Alexandria is playing the Lone Star Club of Pineville, La, for the “Red River championship.” The first game was played “last Saturday in Pineville,” with Rapides winning. The same newspaper, May 10, 1871, runs a notice for a May 11th meeting of the Rapides club. | |Pagetext=In 1864 Union soldiers playing a game of baseball near Alexandria were attacked by Confederate cavalry. See George Putnam account at www.baseball-almanac.com, “Civil War Baseball: Baseball in Blue and Gray.” Baseball played by locals came later. The Alexandria Louisiana Democrat, May 31, 1871, said the Rapides baseball club of Alexandria is playing the Lone Star Club of Pineville, La, for the “Red River championship.” The first game was played “last Saturday in Pineville,” with Rapides winning. The same newspaper, May 10, 1871, runs a notice for a May 11th meeting of the Rapides club. | ||
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|Sources=Alexandria Louisiana Democrat, May 31, 1871 | |Sources=Alexandria Louisiana Democrat, May 31, 1871 | ||
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