Early baseball in Washington/Club 11
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| - | CHALLENGE ACCEPTED Chimacum Valley, March 30, 1882 To the Fort Townsend Base Ball Club, D. Lane, Capt.:- By request of the members of the Chimacum Base Ball Club, your challenge dated March 9th, is duly accepted as follows: For purse of one hundred (100) dollars-game to be played at Chimacum on Saturday, the 6th day of May, 1882, and commence at one o'clock P.M. A forfeit of twenty dollars must be placed in the hands of Mr. William Eldridge, of Chimacum, by each of the two clubs | + | CHALLENGE ACCEPTED Chimacum Valley, March 30, 1882 To the Fort Townsend Base Ball Club, D. Lane, Capt.:- By request of the members of the Chimacum Base Ball Club, your challenge dated March 9th, is duly accepted as follows: For purse of one hundred (100) dollars-game to be played at Chimacum on Saturday, the 6th day of May, 1882, and commence at one o'clock P.M. A forfeit of twenty dollars must be placed in the hands of Mr. William Eldridge, of Chimacum, by each of the two clubs on or before the 15th of April. Respectfully, Chimacum Base Ball Club Wm. Bishop, Jr., Capt. |
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| + | Port Townsend (1880 pop. about 900) is about 45 miles N of Seattle on the tip of the Olympic Peninsula. | ||
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| Location | Washington |
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| Year | 1882 |
| Month | 3 |
| Date | 9 |
| Note on date | No Later than March 1882 |
| Modern address | Port Townsend |
| City | Port Townsend |
| State | WA |
| Country | USA |
| Nickname | Fort Townsend Base Ball Club |
| Found by | Mark Brunke |
Article 1: Puget Sound Weekly Argus, March 17, 1882, Page 5, Column 2
A CHALLENGE Irondale, March 9, 1882 Wm. Bishop, Capt. of the Chimacum B. B. C.: Srs:-We, the undersigned, challenge the Chimacum B. B. C., to play for $100, a game of base-ball, at Port Townsend, or Chimacum, on the 9th of May, 1882. Yours respectfully, Dan Lane Capt. of Fort Townsend B. B. C.
Article 2: Puget Sound Weekly Argus, April 14, 1882, Page 7, Column 3
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED Chimacum Valley, March 30, 1882 To the Fort Townsend Base Ball Club, D. Lane, Capt.:- By request of the members of the Chimacum Base Ball Club, your challenge dated March 9th, is duly accepted as follows: For purse of one hundred (100) dollars-game to be played at Chimacum on Saturday, the 6th day of May, 1882, and commence at one o'clock P.M. A forfeit of twenty dollars must be placed in the hands of Mr. William Eldridge, of Chimacum, by each of the two clubs on or before the 15th of April. Respectfully, Chimacum Base Ball Club Wm. Bishop, Jr., Capt.
Port Townsend (1880 pop. about 900) is about 45 miles N of Seattle on the tip of the Olympic Peninsula.
Sources
Puget Sound Weekly Argus, March 17 and April 14, 1882.
