Early baseball in Illinois/Predecessor Game 3
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Location | Illinois |
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Year | 1858 |
City | Rockford |
State | IL |
Country | |
Name of game | "Wicket Ball" |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Rockford Weekly Register-Gazette, June 6, 1858, notes that "a large company of young men" are "playing wicket ball in the Court House Square" and wonders why they don't form a base ball or wicket ball club.
Sources
The Rockford Weekly Register-Gazette, June 6, 1858