Early baseball in Wisconsin/Game 2

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Location	Wisconsin
Year	1867
Note on date	Summer 1867
City	Baraboo
State	WI
Country	US
Was NY rules baseball	Yes
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Lodi
Team 2	Baraboo
Found by	Dennis Pajot

"It was soon after close of the Civil War that the era of baseball in Baraboo began to dawn; and by the summer of 1867, it was pretty well organized, and going at full blast."^[1]

Baraboo WI is about 30 miles NW of Madison WI.

This lovingly long article goes into detail about the old game: pitches were delivered below the waist, the ball was more elastic, high scoring, home-made bats, two local ballfields, "hot disputes" negotiated by the two captains, the advent of fast pitching, and distance-throwing contests [later].

Footnotes

1. ↑ "Early Days of Baseball in Baraboo". Baraboo [WI] Daily News, 1925-06-25.