Early baseball in New Mexico/Game 2
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Location | New Mexico |
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Year | 1876 |
Month | 6 |
Date | 1 |
City | Santa Fe |
State | NM |
Country | |
Site | west of the Capitol Bldg. |
Modern address | Santa Fe NM |
Was NY rules baseball | Likely |
Played by | Locals |
Team 1 | Collegians of St. Michael's College |
Team 2 | Union BBC |
Length | 9 innings |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Santa Fe Daily New Mexican June 2, 1876, reports on a base ball game June 1 between the "Collegians" of St. Michael's College, and the "Union" BBC, both of Santa Fe, for 9 innings, at "the playground west of the Capitol Building."
Santa Fe's population in 1870 was about 4800. It was about 6600 in 1880.
Sources
Santa Fe Daily New Mexican June 2, 1876