Early baseball in Arizona/Game 5

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Location	Arizona
Year	1896
Month	1
Date	1
City	Phoenix
State	AZ
Country
Modern address	Phoenix AZ
Was NY rules baseball	Yes
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Phoenix
Team 2	Los Angeles
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Weekly Phoenix Herald, Jan. 2, 1896, reports on a Jan. 1st game between a visiting Los Angeles team, and the local Phoenix team, won by the home team. Phoenix borrowed some players from other AZ teams for this game.

There were undoubtedly games in Phoenix prior to this.

Sources

Weekly Phoenix Herald, Jan. 2, 1896