Early baseball in Illinois/Club 26
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Location | Illinois |
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Year | 1865 |
City | Freeport |
State | IL |
Nickname | Empires, Shaffers |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
Peter Morris et al., editors, "Base Ball Pioneers. 1850-1870" p. 224 says the Freeport Empires and Shaffers played in a tournament in Sept. 1865.
Sources
Peter Morris et al., editors, "Base Ball Pioneers. 1850-1870" p. 224