Early baseball in Washington/Club 15
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| Location | Washington |
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| Year | 1881 |
| Month | 7 |
| Date | 4 |
| Note on date | Active by at least that date |
| Modern address | Colfax, WA |
| City | Colfax |
| State | WA |
| Country | USA |
| Nickname | Colfax Base Ball Club |
| Found by | Mark Brunke |
Transcription: Base Ball Game- Only six innings were played between the Lewiston and Colfax clubs on the Fourth. At the close of the first inning the score stood Colfax 11, Lewiston 2; second, 1 to 2. After the Lewiston boys gained until at the close it stood, Lewiston 21, Colfax 19.
Colfax WA (1880 pop. about 450) is in Eastern WA and about 60 miles S of Spokane.
Lewiston ID is near the WA border.
Sources
Base Ball Game, Spokane Times, July 14, 1881, page 3, column 6. Colfax, WA is about 43 miles from Lewiston, ID. In 1880, Colfax was the 9th largest place in Washington Territory, population 444. Today the population is 2,805 (2012). It is 60 miles south of Spokane, and about 15 miles from Pullman, WA and 25 miles from Moscow, ID.
