Early baseball in Kentucky/Predecessor Game 2
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Location | Kentucky |
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Year | 1859 |
Month | 7 |
Date | 12 |
City | Dayton |
State | Kentucky |
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Name of game | Town Ball |
Found by | Greg Perkins |
"The Kentucky Ball Club will play a match against the Brooklyn Club, at Brooklyn [now Dayton, Kentucky] on next Tuesday, 19th. inst."
Cincinnati Daily Commercial, 12 July 1859
Sources
Cincinnati Daily Commercial, 12 July 1859 Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, 21 July 1859