Early baseball in Kansas/Club 4

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Location	Nebraska
Year	1869
Month	8
Note on date	No later than August 1869
Modern address	Falls City NE
City	Falls City
State	NE
Country	US
Nickname	Occidentals
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The White Cloud "Kansas Chief" Aug. 5, 1869: "Base Ball Match--The second match game of base ball between the Occidentals of Falls City [NE] , and the Pioneers of White Cloud, came off at this place, on Saturday afternoon..." The Pioneers won in extra innings by 27.

Falls City NE is in the SE corner of the state; it is about 45 miles NW of St. Joseph Mo and about 85 miles SE of Lincoln NE.

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White Cloud "Kansas Chief" Aug. 5, 1869