Early baseball in Mississippi/Club 15
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|Date-note=No later than November 1866 | |Date-note=No later than November 1866 | ||
|City=Vicksburg | |City=Vicksburg | ||
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|Nickname=Mississippi Valley | |Nickname=Mississippi Valley | ||
|Submitter=Bruce Allardice | |Submitter=Bruce Allardice | ||
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|Pagetext=The Vicksburg Daily Times, November 13, 1866, reports: “A game of Base Ball came off yesterday at the Arsenal grounds…. Messrs. Wentz and Borden were captains of the rival sides.” The New Orleans Times, December 27, 1866 says the Mississippi Valley Base Ball Club of Vicksburg has come to New Orleans to play. | |Pagetext=The Vicksburg Daily Times, November 13, 1866, reports: “A game of Base Ball came off yesterday at the Arsenal grounds…. Messrs. Wentz and Borden were captains of the rival sides.” The New Orleans Times, December 27, 1866 says the Mississippi Valley Base Ball Club of Vicksburg has come to New Orleans to play. | ||
| - | Vicksburg (pop. about | + | Vicksburg (1910 pop. about 14,800) is on the Mississippi River about halfway up the state's western border and about 40 miles W of Jackson, which is near the center of the state. |
|Sources=Vicksburg Daily Times, November 13, 1866 | |Sources=Vicksburg Daily Times, November 13, 1866 | ||
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Revision as of 19:19, 26 October 2012
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| Location | Mississippi |
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| Year | 1866 |
| Month | 11 |
| Note on date | No later than November 1866 |
| City | Vicksburg |
| State | MS |
| Nickname | Mississippi Valley |
| First in Mississippi | Yes |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Vicksburg Daily Times, November 13, 1866, reports: “A game of Base Ball came off yesterday at the Arsenal grounds…. Messrs. Wentz and Borden were captains of the rival sides.” The New Orleans Times, December 27, 1866 says the Mississippi Valley Base Ball Club of Vicksburg has come to New Orleans to play.
Vicksburg (1910 pop. about 14,800) is on the Mississippi River about halfway up the state's western border and about 40 miles W of Jackson, which is near the center of the state.
Sources
Vicksburg Daily Times, November 13, 1866
