Early baseball in Iowa/Club 14

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Location Iowa
Year 1866
City Des Moines
State IA
Nickname Capital City, Crescents
Found by Bruce Allardice

Des Moines "Daily Iowa State Register," June 3, 1866: "Base Ball Club--The members of the base ball club will meet at the office of Kendall & McHenry, Exchange Block, to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock."

Same Nov. 12, 1867 mentions the "Capital City" BBC of Des Moines. Same June 13, 1868 mentions the Crescent BBC of Des Moines.

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Des Moines "Daily Iowa State Register," June 3, 1866

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