Early baseball in Missouri/Club 11
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Location | Missouri |
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Year | 1873 |
Modern address | New Haven MO |
City | New Haven |
State | MO |
Nickname | Occidental |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Jefferson City "State Journal," June 27, 1873: "The Enterprise Base Ball Club of this city and the Occidental of New Haven, Mo., will play a match game at Chamois on the 4th of July..."
New Haven MO (current pop. about 2,000) is about 60 miles W of St. Louis. Jefferson City MO (1880 pop. about 5200) is about 60 miles W of New Haven.
Sources
Jefferson City "State Journal," June 27, 1873