Early baseball in Utah/Game 4
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Location | Utah |
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Year | 1870 |
Month | 7 |
Date | 5 |
City | Corinne |
State | UT |
Country | |
Was NY rules baseball | Likely |
Played by | Locals |
Team 1 | Corinne Corinthians |
Team 2 | Salt Lake City |
Team 1 Score | 42 |
Team 2 Score | 31 |
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 (1870 pop. about 12,800)is pretty salty.
Sources
San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin July 6, 1870