Early baseball in Arizona/Club 8
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{{Origins-club | {{Origins-club | ||
|Location=Arizona | |Location=Arizona | ||
| - | |Year= | + | |Year=1874 |
| - | |Month= | + | |Month=2 |
|Modern-address=Yuma AZ | |Modern-address=Yuma AZ | ||
|City=Yuma | |City=Yuma | ||
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|First=No | |First=No | ||
|Approved=Yes | |Approved=Yes | ||
| - | |Pagetext=The Arizona Sentinel [Yuma], April 22, 1876, says the Yuma City BBC played a game last Saturday against a team from Fort Yuma, California. | + | |Pagetext=The "Arizona Sentinel" [Yuma] Feb. 21, 1874 says "some of the prominent young gentlemen of Yuma" played "A Match Game of Base Ball" recently. |
| + | The "Arizona Sentinel" [Yuma], April 22, 1876, says the Yuma City BBC played a game last Saturday against a team from Fort Yuma, California. | ||
| - | Yuma AZ (1870 pop. about 1150; 1880 pop. about 1,200)is on the CA border in the SW corner of AZ, and about 20 miles N of the Mexican border. | + | Yuma AZ (1870 pop. about 1150; 1880 pop. about 1,200) is on the CA border in the SW corner of AZ, and about 20 miles N of the Mexican border. |
| - | |Sources=Arizona Sentinel [Yuma], April 22, 1876 | + | |Sources=Arizona Sentinel [Yuma], Feb. 21, 1874; April 22, 1876 |
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Latest revision as of 22:22, 17 October 2012
| Spread of baseball: Home -> Arizona -> Early baseball in Arizona/Club 8 |
| Location | Arizona |
|---|---|
| Year | 1874 |
| Month | 2 |
| Modern address | Yuma AZ |
| City | Yuma |
| State | AZ |
| Nickname | Yuma City BBClub |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The "Arizona Sentinel" [Yuma] Feb. 21, 1874 says "some of the prominent young gentlemen of Yuma" played "A Match Game of Base Ball" recently. The "Arizona Sentinel" [Yuma], April 22, 1876, says the Yuma City BBC played a game last Saturday against a team from Fort Yuma, California.
Yuma AZ (1870 pop. about 1150; 1880 pop. about 1,200) is on the CA border in the SW corner of AZ, and about 20 miles N of the Mexican border.
Sources
Arizona Sentinel [Yuma], Feb. 21, 1874; April 22, 1876
