Early baseball in Arkansas/Game 3

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Location Arkansas
Year 1868
Month 6
Note on date No later than the 16th
City Little Rock
State AR
Country US
Site Arsenal Grounds (MacArthur Park)
Was NY rules baseball Yes
Played by Locals
Team 1 Rock City First Nine
Team 2 Rock City Second Nine
Found by Caleb Hardwick

From the 1868 Arkansas Gazette Index:

"First and Second teams of Rock City Base-ball Club played before large crowd at Little Rock Arsenal grounds"

Sources

  • 1968 Arkansas Gazette Index [The actual microfilm for the article cited n the index hasn't been found as of Sept. 2010.]


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