Early baseball in Louisiana/Club 15

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Location Louisiana
Year 1872
Month 6
Modern address Shreveport LA
City Shreveport
State LA
Nickname Arlington, Blue Stockings
Found by Bruce Allardice

The New Orleans Times-Picayune, June 12, 1872, under the headline “Shreveport Items,” writes that “The Arlington and Blue Stockings had a match game of base ball on the 5th for the championship of 1872. The Arlingtons won by 57 to 32.”

Shreveport LA (pop. about 218,000)is in the NW corner of the state, close to the borders with TX and AR.

Sources

New Orleans Times-Picayune, June 12, 1872

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