Early baseball in Illinois/Game 6

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Location	Illinois
Year	1859
Month	6
City	Rockford
State	IL
Country
Was NY rules baseball	Doubtful
Played by	Locals
Team 1 Score	50
Team 2 Score	21
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Rockford Weekly Register-Gazette, June 11, 1859, reports that "last Friday" a game of base ball was played in that town, for a prize of ice cream. Ten players to a side, and "the game was to fifty tallies."

Sources

The Rockford Weekly Register-Gazette, June 11, 1859