Early baseball in Illinois/Game 3

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"BASEBALL IN ILLINOIS. &ndash; The Alton [IL] Base-Ball Club . . . a meeting was held on the evening of May 18, to organize a club . . . . The Upper Alton Base Ball Club . . . sent us a challenge, to play a match game, on Saturday, the 19th of June, which was accepted by our club; each side had five innings, and thirteen players each, with the following result:  The Alton Base-Ball Club made 224 rounds.  The Upper Alton Base-Ball Club made 90 rounds."  "Base-Ball", Porter's Spirit of the Times, Volume 4, number 20 (July 17, 1858), p. 309, columns. 2-3  Alton IL is a Mississippi River town 5 miles north of St. Louis. Missouri.
"BASEBALL IN ILLINOIS. &ndash; The Alton [IL] Base-Ball Club . . . a meeting was held on the evening of May 18, to organize a club . . . . The Upper Alton Base Ball Club . . . sent us a challenge, to play a match game, on Saturday, the 19th of June, which was accepted by our club; each side had five innings, and thirteen players each, with the following result:  The Alton Base-Ball Club made 224 rounds.  The Upper Alton Base-Ball Club made 90 rounds."  "Base-Ball", Porter's Spirit of the Times, Volume 4, number 20 (July 17, 1858), p. 309, columns. 2-3  Alton IL is a Mississippi River town 5 miles north of St. Louis. Missouri.
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Location Illinois
Year 1858
Month 6
Date 19
City Alton
State IL
Country US
Was NY rules baseball Doubtful
Played by Locals
Team 1 Alton Baseball Club
Team 2 Upper Alton Baseball Club
Team 1 Score 224
Team 2 Score 90

From Protoball Entry #1858.42 – In Downstate Illinois, New Club Wins by 134 Rounds

"BASEBALL IN ILLINOIS. – The Alton [IL] Base-Ball Club . . . a meeting was held on the evening of May 18, to organize a club . . . . The Upper Alton Base Ball Club . . . sent us a challenge, to play a match game, on Saturday, the 19th of June, which was accepted by our club; each side had five innings, and thirteen players each, with the following result: The Alton Base-Ball Club made 224 rounds. The Upper Alton Base-Ball Club made 90 rounds." "Base-Ball", Porter's Spirit of the Times, Volume 4, number 20 (July 17, 1858), p. 309, columns. 2-3 Alton IL is a Mississippi River town 5 miles north of St. Louis. Missouri.

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