Early baseball in Arkansas/Club 9
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| Location | Arkansas |
|---|---|
| Year | 1869 |
| Month | 7 |
| Date | 3 |
| Modern address | Batesville AR |
| City | Batesville |
| State | AR |
| Nickname | Independents |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
On July 3, 1869, the Stonewalls of Newport, Jackson County, played the Independents of Batesville, Independence County. The game only lasted three innings, with the Batesville team winning thirty-two to three. The captain of the Stonewalls complained that the pitcher for the Independents threw too hard! [Pat Allen Bailey, “A Century of Baseball in Jackson County,” The Stream of History, vol 7 nos. 3-4 (July/October 1969), 7-13. Duane Huddleston, “A History of Batesville’s First Baseball Team, the Independents, and its 1869 Record,” Independence County Chronicle 9 (July 1968), 43-49.]
Batesville is 80 miles NE of Little Rock. Newport is about 30 miles SW of Batesville.
Sources
Pat Allen Bailey, “A Century of Baseball in Jackson County,” The Stream of History, vol 7 nos. 3-4 (July/October 1969), 7-13. Duane Huddleston, “A History of Batesville’s First Baseball Team, the Independents, and its 1869 Record,” Independence County Chronicle 9 (July 1968), 43-49.
