Early baseball in Illinois/Club 83

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Location	Illinois
Year	1875
City	Joliet
State	Illinois
Nickname	Stone City
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Chicago Daily Inter Ocean, Aug. 26, 1875 reports that the Morris White Stockings will play the Stone City of Joliet next Saturday in Joliet. There was a report of an 1851 Joliet team playing Lockport. See "early games." The Stone City seem to be a semi-pro team--at least, another article noted that they were playing the Chicago White Stockings in September and had some ex-Major Leguers on their team.

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Chicago Daily Inter Ocean, Aug. 26, 1875