Early baseball in Washington/Game 4

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Location	Washington
Year	1879
Month	7
Date	4
City	Spokane
State	Washington
Country
Was NY rules baseball	Likely
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Spokane Falls Club
Team 2	Local Surveyors
Team 1 Score	13
Team 2 Score	8
Length	1 inning (called on account of rain)
Found by	Bruce Allardice

Nelson W. Durham, "The History of the City of Spokane and Spokane County, Washington," vol. 1 p. 358, says that in the July 4th, 1879 celebration, the Spokane Falls [as it was then called] BBC played a picked nine of the local surveying party, and in a game called by rain after 1 inning, won 13 to 8.

Sources

Nelson W. Durham, "The History of the City of Spokane and Spokane County, Washington," vol. 1 p. 358