Early baseball in Illinois/Game 1

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Location	Illinois
Year	1851
Month	8
Date	6
State	IL
Country	US
Was NY rules baseball	Unknown
Played by	Unknown
Team 1	Hunkidoris of Joliet
Team 2	Sleepers of Lockport
Found by	John Freyer

“The first game in IL was in 1851 between Joliet and Lockport.”

John Freyer posting to 19CBB, May 28 2007. John does not provide a source.

Protoball record 1851.4 from Protoball project

Bruce Allardice note: Mark Rucker and John Freyer, "19th Century Baseball in Chicago" p. 13 provides more detail. It was a game on Aug. 6th between the Hunkidoris of Joliet and the Sleepers of Lockport. The authors cite "Baseball in Old Chicago" (1939), which in turn cites the Lockport Telegraph, date not given.

Sources

Mark Rucker and John Freyer, "19th Century Baseball in Chicago" p. 13