Early baseball in Arizona/Club 3

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Location	Arizona
Year	1876
Note on date	No later than May 21, 1876
Modern address	Prescott AZ
City	Prescott
State	AZ
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.

Prescott AZ is about 100 miles N of Phoenix.

Sources

Prescott Weekly Arizona Miner, May 19, May 26, 1876