1858.27
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Flour Citys First Base Ball Club in Rochester
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Location | Western New YorkWestern New York |
| City/State/Country: | Rochester, NY, United States |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | "The Flour City was the first club formed in Rochester, an occasion that was announced in the Rochester Democrat and American on May 3, 1858...(they) played Rochester's first reported match game on the hot afternoon of June 18..." Priscilla Astifan, in Base Ball Pioneers 1850-1870 (McFarland, 2012), p.92
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| Sources | Rochester Democrat and American, May 3, 1858 Rochester Union and Advertiser, June 19, 1858 |
| Warning | A claim that the Live Oaks, or the Olympics, preceded the Flour Citys appears above - see #1855.14. |
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| Submitted by | Priscilla Astifan |
| Submission Note | December 2006 |
| Has Supplemental Text |
1858.27 Flour Citys First Base Ball Club in Rochester"
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