Early baseball in Arizona/Club 3
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Location | Arizona |
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Year | 1876 |
Note on date | No later than May 21, 1876 |
City | Prescott |
State | Arizona |
Nickname | Champion |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Prescott Weekly Arizona Miner, May 19, May 26, 1876, reports on a match game of base ball for the championship of the Arizona Territory, between the Champion BBC of Prescott and the Whipple BBC of Fort Whipple (near Prescott). The Champion "have received additional players from the "Red Stockings" of Boston." The game was played May 21 at 2 o'clock on the Plaza in Prescott, and the Champion won 49 to 22. The May 26th article has a box score of the game.
Sources
Prescott Weekly Arizona Miner, May 19, May 26, 1876