Early baseball in Indiana/Game 2
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Location | Indiana |
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Year | 1865 |
Month | 8 |
Date | 17 |
City | Elkhart |
State | IN |
Country | |
Was NY rules baseball | Likely |
Played by | Locals |
Team 1 | Laporte BBC |
Team 2 | Star of the West BBC, of Elkhart |
Team 1 Score | 98 |
Team 2 Score | 28 |
Length | 9 innings |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Elkhart Weekly Review, Aug. 19, 1865: "The Base Ball Match. The match game between the Laporte Base Ball Club, and the Star of the West, of Elkhart, came off on Thursday last [the 17th]" at Elkhart. Laporte won 98-28 in nine innings.
Elkhart IN (1860 pop. about 1,400; 1870 pop. about 3,200) is about 15 miles E of South Bend.
Sources
The Elkhart Weekly Review, Aug. 19, 1865