Early baseball in Utah/Club 2
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| Location | Utah |
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| Year | 1870 |
| Month | 7 |
| Date | 5 |
| Modern address | Corinne UT |
| City | Corinne |
| State | UT |
| Nickname | Corinthians |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin July 6, 1870: "Utah--Corinne, July 5th... In a match game of base ball played here yesterday, between the Corinne and Salt Lake City Clubs for the Championship of the Territory, the Corinthians were victorious by a score of 42 to 31."
Corinne UT (1890 pop. about 325) is about 60 miles N of Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City's 1870 pop. was about 12,800.
Sources
San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin July 6, 1870
