Early baseball in Indiana/Club 15
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Location | Indiana |
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Year | 1865 |
City | Elkhart |
State | IN |
Nickname | Star of the West |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Elkhart Weekly Review, Aug. 19, 1865: "The Base Ball Match. The match game between the Laporte Base Ball Club, and the Star of the West, of Elkhart, came off on Thursday last [the 17th]" at Elkhart. Laporte won 98-28 in nine innings.
Sources
The Elkhart Weekly Review, Aug. 19, 1865