Early baseball in Illinois/Game 1
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Location | Illinois |
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Year | 1851 |
Month | 8 |
Date | 6 |
State | IL |
Country | US |
Was NY rules baseball | Unknown |
Played by | Unknown |
Team 1 | Hunkidoris of Joliet |
Team 2 | Sleepers of Lockport |
Found by | John Freyer |
“The first game in IL was in 1851 between Joliet and Lockport.”
John Freyer posting to 19CBB, May 28 2007. John does not provide a source.
Protoball record 1851.4 from Protoball project
Bruce Allardice note: Mark Rucker and John Freyer, "19th Century Baseball in Chicago" p. 13 provides more detail. It was a game on Aug. 6th between the Hunkidoris of Joliet and the Sleepers of Lockport. The authors cite "Baseball in Old Chicago" (1939), which in turn cites the Lockport Telegraph, date not given.
Sources
Mark Rucker and John Freyer, "19th Century Baseball in Chicago" p. 13