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|Team1=Union Base Ball Club | |Team1=Union Base Ball Club | ||
|Team2=Downer's Grove Base Ball Club | |Team2=Downer's Grove Base Ball Club | ||
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| + | |Pagetext=From Protoball Entry #1858.33 – Earliest Games in Chicago IL? | ||
[1] Downer’s Grove downs Union, 7/7/1858. “A match game was played yesterday afternoon between the Union Base Ball Club, of this city, and the Downer’s grove Base Ball Club. . . . A spacious tent was erected on the Club’s grounds, corner of West Harrison and Halstead Streets. The Downer’s Grove Club came of [sic] victorious, the ‘country boys’ being excellent players.” “Base Ball Match,” Chicago Daily Press and Tribune, vol. 12 number 6 (Thursday, July 8, 1858), page 1 column 4. Posted to 19CBB on 9/11/2007 by Craig Waff. | [1] Downer’s Grove downs Union, 7/7/1858. “A match game was played yesterday afternoon between the Union Base Ball Club, of this city, and the Downer’s grove Base Ball Club. . . . A spacious tent was erected on the Club’s grounds, corner of West Harrison and Halstead Streets. The Downer’s Grove Club came of [sic] victorious, the ‘country boys’ being excellent players.” “Base Ball Match,” Chicago Daily Press and Tribune, vol. 12 number 6 (Thursday, July 8, 1858), page 1 column 4. Posted to 19CBB on 9/11/2007 by Craig Waff. | ||
