Early baseball in Missouri/Club 1
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|Year=1859 | |Year=1859 | ||
|Month=9 | |Month=9 | ||
- | |Date-note=Possibly | + | |Date=1 |
+ | |Date-note=Possibly not September | ||
+ | |Modern-address=Saint Louis MO | ||
|City=Saint Louis | |City=Saint Louis | ||
|State=MO | |State=MO | ||
|Country=US | |Country=US | ||
- | |Approved= | + | |First=Yes |
+ | |Approved=Yes | ||
+ | |Pagetext=From Protoball Entry #1859.39 – Club Organized in St. Louis MO | ||
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+ | "CLUB ORGANIZED, – A base ball club was organized in St. Louis, Mo, on the 1st inst. It boasts of being the first organization of the kind in that city, but will not, surely, long stand alone. It numbers already 18 members, officers as follows: President, C. D. Paul; Vice do, J. T. Haggerty; Secretary, C. Thurber; Treasurer, E. R. Paul. They announce their determination to be ready to play matches in about a month." | ||
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+ | St. Louis MO (1860 pop. about 161,000) was then the 8th largest city in the US. | ||
+ | |Sources=Source: Under-identified clipping in the Mears collection – The Clipper or the Spirit of the Times – annotated "Sept 1859" in hand. Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008. | ||
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+ | See item #1859.39 at http://protoball.org/Chronology:_1840_-_1870 | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:12, 5 September 2012
Spread of baseball: Home -> Missouri -> Early baseball in Missouri/Club 1 |
Location | Missouri |
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Year | 1859 |
Month | 9 |
Date | 1 |
Note on date | Possibly not September |
Modern address | Saint Louis MO |
City | Saint Louis |
State | MO |
Country | US |
First in Missouri | Yes |
From Protoball Entry #1859.39 – Club Organized in St. Louis MO
"CLUB ORGANIZED, – A base ball club was organized in St. Louis, Mo, on the 1st inst. It boasts of being the first organization of the kind in that city, but will not, surely, long stand alone. It numbers already 18 members, officers as follows: President, C. D. Paul; Vice do, J. T. Haggerty; Secretary, C. Thurber; Treasurer, E. R. Paul. They announce their determination to be ready to play matches in about a month."
St. Louis MO (1860 pop. about 161,000) was then the 8th largest city in the US.
Sources
Source: Under-identified clipping in the Mears collection – The Clipper or the Spirit of the Times – annotated "Sept 1859" in hand. Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008.
See item #1859.39 at http://protoball.org/Chronology:_1840_-_1870