Early baseball in Louisiana/Game 4
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|Pagetext=The first “match” game in New Orleans between two different clubs was played August 12, 1859 between the Empire and Louisiana Base Ball Clubs, won by Empire [Times-Picayune, August 13, 1859]. | |Pagetext=The first “match” game in New Orleans between two different clubs was played August 12, 1859 between the Empire and Louisiana Base Ball Clubs, won by Empire [Times-Picayune, August 13, 1859]. | ||
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| + | The prewar Empire Base Ball Club had as captains Alex Dapremont (1832-1906), a local bookseller, and TN-born John B. Chandler (c. 1825-post 1880), a railroad paymaster. Dapremont served as Lt. in the Confederate army. | ||
| + | The 1859 Louisiana BBC had as its captains Florida-born Charles W. Pescay (1828-87), a grocer, sailor and salesman who moved to Houston after the Civil War and died there, and J. H.(W.?) Jones. Pescay, a Confederate army veteran, is buried in Lafayette Cemetery, New Orleans. | ||
| + | The Lone Star BBC, organized Sept. 15, 1859, elected as president William F. Tracey (1843-1924), a plasterer and postwar plumbing inspector. He served as Private, 1st Louisiana Infantry, CSA. | ||
|Sources=Times-Picayune, August 13, 1859 | |Sources=Times-Picayune, August 13, 1859 | ||
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Revision as of 13:15, 20 October 2012
| Spread of baseball: Home -> Louisiana -> Early baseball in Louisiana/Game 4 |
| Location | Louisiana |
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| Year | 1859 |
| Month | 8 |
| Date | 12 |
| City | New Orleans |
| State | LA |
| Country | |
| Modern address | New Orleans LA |
| Was NY rules baseball | Likely |
| Played by | Locals |
| Team 1 | Empire |
| Team 2 | Louisiana |
| First in Louisiana | Yes |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The first “match” game in New Orleans between two different clubs was played August 12, 1859 between the Empire and Louisiana Base Ball Clubs, won by Empire [Times-Picayune, August 13, 1859].
The prewar Empire Base Ball Club had as captains Alex Dapremont (1832-1906), a local bookseller, and TN-born John B. Chandler (c. 1825-post 1880), a railroad paymaster. Dapremont served as Lt. in the Confederate army. The 1859 Louisiana BBC had as its captains Florida-born Charles W. Pescay (1828-87), a grocer, sailor and salesman who moved to Houston after the Civil War and died there, and J. H.(W.?) Jones. Pescay, a Confederate army veteran, is buried in Lafayette Cemetery, New Orleans. The Lone Star BBC, organized Sept. 15, 1859, elected as president William F. Tracey (1843-1924), a plasterer and postwar plumbing inspector. He served as Private, 1st Louisiana Infantry, CSA.
Sources
Times-Picayune, August 13, 1859
