Early baseball in Wisconsin/Club 1

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	|Location=Wisconsin		|Location=Wisconsin
	|Year=1860		|Year=1860
-	|Month=6	+	|Month=4
-	|Date-note=Possibly the 13th	+
	|City=Milwaukee		|City=Milwaukee
	|State=WI		|State=WI
	|Country=US		|Country=US
-	|Nickname=Milwaukee Baseball Club	+	|Submitter=Larry McCray
	|Approved=false		|Approved=false
	}}		}}
		+	From Protoball Entry #1859.45 – In Milwaukee, Base Ball is [Cold-] Brewing
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		+	“Base Ball – This game, now so popular in the East, is about to be introduced in our own city.  A very spirited impromptu match was played on the Fair Ground, Spring Street Avenue, yesterday [on a late fall] afternoon six on a side.”  Milwaukee [WI] Sentinel Volume 16, number 271 (December 1, 1859), page 1, column 3.  Facsimile provided by Dennis Pajot, 6/23/2008; Dennis adds that this is the first mention of a game he can find.  The box score reflects a seven-on-seven game lasting three innings with a score of 25-21 after two and a final tally of 40-35.  The record of runs scored per inning hints that they may have played by an all-out-side-out rule.
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		+	In April 1860, the Sentinel reported another “lively” game, and added, “The game is now fairly inaugurated in Milwaukee, and the first Base Ball Club in our City was organized last evening.  “Base Ball,” Milwaukee Sentinel (April 3, 1860).

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Location	Wisconsin
Year	1860
Month	4
City	Milwaukee
State	WI
Country	US
Found by	Larry McCray

From Protoball Entry #1859.45 – In Milwaukee, Base Ball is [Cold-] Brewing

“Base Ball – This game, now so popular in the East, is about to be introduced in our own city. A very spirited impromptu match was played on the Fair Ground, Spring Street Avenue, yesterday [on a late fall] afternoon six on a side.” Milwaukee [WI] Sentinel Volume 16, number 271 (December 1, 1859), page 1, column 3. Facsimile provided by Dennis Pajot, 6/23/2008; Dennis adds that this is the first mention of a game he can find. The box score reflects a seven-on-seven game lasting three innings with a score of 25-21 after two and a final tally of 40-35. The record of runs scored per inning hints that they may have played by an all-out-side-out rule.

In April 1860, the Sentinel reported another “lively” game, and added, “The game is now fairly inaugurated in Milwaukee, and the first Base Ball Club in our City was organized last evening. “Base Ball,” Milwaukee Sentinel (April 3, 1860).