Early baseball in Arkansas/Club 9
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Location | Arkansas |
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Year | 1869 |
Month | 7 |
Date | 3 |
City | Batesville |
State | Arkansas |
Nickname | Independents |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
On July 3, 1869, the Stonewalls of Newport, Jackson County, played the Independents of Batesville, Independence County. The game only lasted three innings, with the Batesville team winning thirty-two to three. The captain of the Stonewalls complained that the pitcher for the Independents threw too hard! [Pat Allen Bailey, “A Century of Baseball in Jackson County,” The Stream of History, vol 7 nos. 3-4 (July/October 1969), 7-13. Duane Huddleston, “A History of Batesville’s First Baseball Team, the Independents, and its 1869 Record,” Independence County Chronicle 9 (July 1968), 43-49.]
Sources
Pat Allen Bailey, “A Century of Baseball in Jackson County,” The Stream of History, vol 7 nos. 3-4 (July/October 1969), 7-13. Duane Huddleston, “A History of Batesville’s First Baseball Team, the Independents, and its 1869 Record,” Independence County Chronicle 9 (July 1968), 43-49.