Early baseball in Kansas/Club 4
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| Location | Nebraska |
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| Year | 1869 |
| Month | 8 |
| Note on date | No later than August 1869 |
| Modern address | Falls City NE |
| City | Falls City |
| State | NE |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Occidentals |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The White Cloud "Kansas Chief" Aug. 5, 1869: "Base Ball Match--The second match game of base ball between the Occidentals of Falls City [NE] , and the Pioneers of White Cloud, came off at this place, on Saturday afternoon..." The Pioneers won in extra innings by 27.
Falls City NE (current pop. about 4300))is in the SE corner of the state; it is about 45 miles NW of St. Joseph Mo and about 85 miles SE of Lincoln NE.
White Cloud KS (current pop. about 175) is in the NE corner of KS. It is about 20 miles E of Falls City NE
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White Cloud "Kansas Chief" Aug. 5, 1869
