Early baseball in Arkansas/Club 16
From SABR Encyclopedia
(Difference between revisions)
Allardice (Talk | contribs)
(Created page with '{{Origins-club |Location=Arkansas |Year=1869 |Month=4 |City=Jacksonport |State=Arkansas |Nickname=Stonewall |Submitter=Bruce Allardice |First=false |Approved=false |Pagetext=A St…')
Newer edit →
(Created page with '{{Origins-club |Location=Arkansas |Year=1869 |Month=4 |City=Jacksonport |State=Arkansas |Nickname=Stonewall |Submitter=Bruce Allardice |First=false |Approved=false |Pagetext=A St…')
Newer edit →
Revision as of 21:08, 6 August 2012
Spread of baseball: Home -> Arkansas -> Early baseball in Arkansas/Club 16 |
Location | Arkansas |
---|---|
Year | 1869 |
Month | 4 |
City | Jacksonport |
State | Arkansas |
Nickname | Stonewall |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
A Stonewall Base Ball Club was organized in Jacksonport in April 1869. Frank W. Lynn, editor of the Jacksonport Herald, was club president. On July 3, 1869, they played a game with the Batesville Club at Batesville, losing 32 to 3. See Pat Allen Bailey, “A Century of Baseball in Jackson County,” The Stream of History, vol 7 nos 3-4 (July/Oct. 1969), pp. 7-13.
Sources
Pat Allen Bailey, “A Century of Baseball in Jackson County,” The Stream of History, vol 7 nos 3-4 (July/Oct. 1969), pp. 7-13.