Early baseball in Kansas/Club 7
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| Location | Kansas |
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| Year | 1867 |
| Month | 7 |
| Date | 25 |
| Note on date | No later than July 1867 |
| Modern address | Achison KS |
| City | Atchison |
| State | KS |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
Atchison "Freedom's Champion" July 25, 1867: "Base Ball. The Base Ball club of our city played a fine game yesterday, on their grounds in West Atchison. The result was the defeat of [J.H.] Sawyer's nine [by a score of 52-41]."
Atchison KS (1860 pop. about 2600, 1870 pop. about 7000) is about 50 miles NW of Kansas City KS and in the NE corner of the state.
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Atchison "Freedom's Champion" July 25, 1867
