Early baseball in Arizona/Club 7
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Location | Arizona |
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Year | 1879 |
Month | 12 |
Modern address | Phoenix AZ |
City | Phoenix |
State | AZ |
Nickname | Phoenix BBC |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Arizona Sentinel [Yuma], Dec. 20, 1879: "We see the Tucson Base Ball Club has challenged the Phoenix club for a match game on New Years Day." The Tucson "Arizona Citizen," Dec. 13, 1879 says the Tucson BBC has challenged the Phenix [sic] BBC "for a prize of $100," under the latest rules, and using a "dead" ball.
Phoenix AR (1880 pop. about 1,700) and Tucson AZ (1880 pop. about 7,000) are separated by about 120 miles and don't know much about snow.
Sources
The Tucson "Arizona Citizen," Dec. 13, 1879; Arizona Sentinel [Yuma], Dec. 20, 1879