Early baseball in Illinois/Club 100
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Location | Illinois |
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Year | 1877 |
City | Lake Forest |
State | IL |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
Chicago Tribune May 13, 1877: "The Lake Forest boys won a very creditable victory at Racine by defeating the Racines by a score of 15 to 7." Lake Forest is north of Chicago.
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Chicago Tribune May 13, 1877