Early baseball in Michigan/Game 2

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Location	Michigan
Year	1867
Month	10
Date	5
City	Wyandotte
State	MI
Country	US
Was NY rules baseball	Likely
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Star Club (Wyandotte MI)
Team 2	Monitor Club (Taylor MI)
Team 1 Score	85
Team 2 Score	15

"In a letter and score card dated October 5th, 1867, the Star Club won a sweeping victory against the Monitor Club of Taylor – beating them 85 – 15! [The source] document, one of a handful of early baseball records in southeastern Michigan, is the inspiration for our reformed team. (Document currently on display at the Wyandotte Museum.)"

Wyandotte VBB Club website, accessed 2/28/2010 via Google Web search ("original wyandotte"). Wyandotte and Taylor about about 12 miles SW of Detroit.