Early baseball in Kentucky/Club 1

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	|Location=Kentucky		|Location=Kentucky
	|Year=1858		|Year=1858
-	|City=Louisville	+	|City=Louisville
	|State=KY		|State=KY
	|Country=US		|Country=US
	|Nickname=Louisville Baseball Club		|Nickname=Louisville Baseball Club
		+	|Submitter=Larry McCray
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		+	From Protoball Entry#1858.19 -- First KY Box Score Appears in Louisville Newspaper
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		+	“The beginnings of [Louisville] baseball on an organized basis are also lost in the mists of the 19th century.  There were probably neighborhood teams competing within the city in the 1850s.  But the first recorded box score in local papers appeared in the July 15, 1858 Daily Democrat.  Two teams made up of members of the Louisville Base Ball Club faced one another in a contest where the final score was 52-41, a score not unusual for the period.  The paper also notes that there were several other ball clubs organized in the city.
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		+	“Not much is known about the Louisville Base Ball Club. It was probably not more than a year or two old by the time of the 1858 box score.”
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		+	“Chapter 1 -- Beginnings: From Amateur Teams to Disgrace in the National League,” mimeo, Bob Bailey, 1999, page 2.
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		+	The New York Clipper (date and page omitted from Mears Collection scrapbook; “July, 1858” annotated in hand) said: “BASE BALL IN LOUISVILLE – The game of Base Ball is making its way westward.  In Louisville they have a well-organized club, called the ‘Louisville Base Ball Club.’  Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008.

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Location	Kentucky
Year	1858
City	Louisville
State	KY
Country	US
Nickname	Louisville Baseball Club
Found by	Larry McCray

From Protoball Entry#1858.19 -- First KY Box Score Appears in Louisville Newspaper

“The beginnings of [Louisville] baseball on an organized basis are also lost in the mists of the 19th century. There were probably neighborhood teams competing within the city in the 1850s. But the first recorded box score in local papers appeared in the July 15, 1858 Daily Democrat. Two teams made up of members of the Louisville Base Ball Club faced one another in a contest where the final score was 52-41, a score not unusual for the period. The paper also notes that there were several other ball clubs organized in the city.

“Not much is known about the Louisville Base Ball Club. It was probably not more than a year or two old by the time of the 1858 box score.”

“Chapter 1 -- Beginnings: From Amateur Teams to Disgrace in the National League,” mimeo, Bob Bailey, 1999, page 2.

The New York Clipper (date and page omitted from Mears Collection scrapbook; “July, 1858” annotated in hand) said: “BASE BALL IN LOUISVILLE – The game of Base Ball is making its way westward. In Louisville they have a well-organized club, called the ‘Louisville Base Ball Club.’ Facsimile provided by Craig Waff, September 2008.