Early baseball in Illinois/Game 2

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[1] Downer’s Grove downs Union, 7/7/1858.  “A match game was played yesterday afternoon between the Union Base Ball Club, of this city, and the Downer’s grove Base Ball Club. . . . A spacious tent was erected on the Club’s grounds, corner of West Harrison and Halstead Streets.  The Downer’s Grove Club came of [sic] victorious, the ‘country boys’ being excellent players.”  “Base Ball Match,” Chicago Daily Press and Tribune, vol. 12 number 6 (Thursday, July 8, 1858), page 1 column 4.  Posted to 19CBB on 9/11/2007 by Craig Waff.
[1] Downer’s Grove downs Union, 7/7/1858.  “A match game was played yesterday afternoon between the Union Base Ball Club, of this city, and the Downer’s grove Base Ball Club. . . . A spacious tent was erected on the Club’s grounds, corner of West Harrison and Halstead Streets.  The Downer’s Grove Club came of [sic] victorious, the ‘country boys’ being excellent players.”  “Base Ball Match,” Chicago Daily Press and Tribune, vol. 12 number 6 (Thursday, July 8, 1858), page 1 column 4.  Posted to 19CBB on 9/11/2007 by Craig Waff.

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Location Illinois
Year 1858
Month 7
Date 7
City Chicago
State IL
Country US
Was NY rules baseball Unknown
Played by Locals
Team 1 Union Baseball Club
Team 2 Downer's grove Baseball Club
Found by Craig Waff



[1] Downer’s Grove downs Union, 7/7/1858. “A match game was played yesterday afternoon between the Union Base Ball Club, of this city, and the Downer’s grove Base Ball Club. . . . A spacious tent was erected on the Club’s grounds, corner of West Harrison and Halstead Streets. The Downer’s Grove Club came of [sic] victorious, the ‘country boys’ being excellent players.” “Base Ball Match,” Chicago Daily Press and Tribune, vol. 12 number 6 (Thursday, July 8, 1858), page 1 column 4. Posted to 19CBB on 9/11/2007 by Craig Waff.


[2] Excelsior downs Union, 8/29/1858. The score was Excelsior 17, Union 11. Chicago Daily Times and Tribune, September 1, 1858, page 1 column 4. Posted to 19CBB on 9/11/2007 by Craig Waff.

Protoball record 1858.33 from Protoball project

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