Early baseball in Illinois/Game 2
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| Location | Illinois |
|---|---|
| Year | 1858 |
| Month | 7 |
| Date | 7 |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Country | US |
| Was NY rules baseball | Unknown |
| Played by | Locals |
| Team 1 | Union Baseball Club |
| Team 2 | Downer's grove Baseball Club |
[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.
[2] Excelsior downs Union, 8/29/1858. The score was Excelsior 17, Union 11. Chicago Daily Times and Tribune, September 1, 1858, page 1 column 4. Posted to 19CBB on 9/11/2007 by Craig Waff.
Protoball record 1858.33 from Protoball project
