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| Location
| Colorado
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| Year
| 1867
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| City
| Black Hawk
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| State
| CO
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| Nickname
| Black Hawk BBC
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| Found by
| Bruce Allardice
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The Daily Miners Register [Central City, CO] July 17, 1867 reports on a contest between the newly organized Black Hawk, CO team and the team of Central City. The game was played in Black Hawk (a town adjacent to Central City) on "Bobtail Hill" "last Saturday." It was called after two innings wth Central City leading 37 to 1. The article notes that the majority of Black Hawk players "had never played the game" before, and that the team had only been organized 10 days prior to the game.
Sources
The Daily Miners Register [Central City, CO] July 17, 1867
