Early baseball in Illinois/Club 92
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Location | Illinois |
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Year | 1875 |
City | Norwood Park |
State | Illinois |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
Chicago Tribune, July 11, 1875: "Norwood... The Base-Ball Club played the Irving Park boys on the 3rd..." Norwood (now Norwood Park) is on the northwest edge of Chicago. Irving Park is an area now on the northwest side of Chicago. From the article it is unclear whether Irving Park had an organized team, or whether the Norwood team played some men living in the Irving Park area.
Sources
Chicago Tribune, July 11, 1875