Early baseball in Illinois/Game 3
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| Location | Illinois |
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| Year | 1858 |
| Month | 6 |
| Date | 19 |
| City | Alton |
| State | IL |
| Country | US |
| Was NY rules baseball | Doubtful |
| Played by | Locals |
| Team 1 | Alton Baseball Club |
| Team 2 | Upper Alton Baseball Club |
| Team 1 Score | 224 |
| Team 2 Score | 90 |
From Protoball Entry #1858.42 – In Downstate Illinois, New Club Wins by 134 Rounds
"BASEBALL IN ILLINOIS. – The Alton [IL] Base-Ball Club . . . a meeting was held on the evening of May 18, to organize a club . . . . The Upper Alton Base Ball Club . . . sent us a challenge, to play a match game, on Saturday, the 19th of June, which was accepted by our club; each side had five innings, and thirteen players each, with the following result: The Alton Base-Ball Club made 224 rounds. The Upper Alton Base-Ball Club made 90 rounds." "Base-Ball", Porter's Spirit of the Times, Volume 4, number 20 (July 17, 1858), p. 309, columns. 2-3 Alton IL is a Mississippi River town 5 miles north of St. Louis. Missouri.
Sources
- Protoball record 1858.42 from Protoball project
