Early baseball in Illinois/Club 107
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Location | Illinois |
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Year | 1875 |
City | Havana |
State | IL |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The St. Louis Globe Democrat, Aug. 6, 1875: "Suburban. Jacksonville... The Alerts, of this city, defeated the Havana club in a game of base ball, played at Havana on Wednesday." Havana, IL is in Mason County.
Sources
The St. Louis Globe Democrat, Aug. 6, 1875