Early baseball in Indiana/Game 3

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Location	Indiana
Year	1866
State	Indianapolis
Country	Indiana
Site	Camp Morton
Was NY rules baseball	Unknown
Played by	Unknown
Team 1	Laporte BBC
Team 2	Western BBC of Indianapolis
Team 1 Score	49
Team 2 Score	21
Found by	Bruce Allardice

W. C. Madden, "Baseball in Indianapolis" (2003), p. 7, says in 1866 Laporte beat the Westerns of Indianapolis 49-21 at Camp Morton in a match game for the state championship.

Sources

W. C. Madden, "Baseball in Indianapolis" (2003), p. 7