Early baseball in Illinois/Club 94
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| Location | Illinois |
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| Year | 1876 |
| City | Wilmette |
| State | IL |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
Chicago Tribune July 9, 1876: "Wilmette... Some of the base-ball players who took part in the game on the Fourth have not yet fully recovered from their exertions." Same July 2 explains that this was a game between "the married men and the bachelors" of the town.
Sources
Chicago Tribune July 2, July 9, 1876.
