Early baseball in Washington/Game 5
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| Location | Washington |
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| Year | 1867 |
| Month | 9 |
| Date | 6 |
| Note on date | Reported 9/6/1867 |
| City | Walla Walla |
| State | WA |
| Country | USA |
| Was NY rules baseball | Unknown |
| Played by | Unknown |
| Team 1 | Excelsiors |
| Team 2 | Walla Wallas |
MATCH GAME- The Excelsiors having challenged the Walla Wallas to play a match game of base ball, the challenge has been accepted and the game will come off at the ball grounds, on tomorrow(Saturday)afternoon, at three o'clock. The Clubs will bring out their crack players, and hence an interesting game may be expected.
Walla Walla WN (1870 pop. about 1,400; 1880 pop. about 3,600) is in the SE corner of the state.
Sources
Walla Walla Statesman, 9/6/1867
