Early baseball in Louisiana/Club 11

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Location	Louisiana
Year	1871
Modern address	Pineville LA
City	Pineville
State	LA
Nickname	Lone Star
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Alexandria Louisiana Democrat, May 31, 1871, said the Rapides baseball club of Alexandria is playing the Lone Star Club of Pineville, La, for the “Red River championship.” The first game was played “last Saturday in Pineville,” with Rapides winning.

Pineville LA (pop. 14,500)is in central Louisiana, about 175 miles NW of New Orleans and about 125 miles SE of Shreveport.

Sources

Alexandria Louisiana Democrat, May 31, 1871