Olympic Club of Peoria

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Nick Name	Olympic
Earliest Known Date	Friday, April 25, 1862
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Location	Peoria, IL, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	The Peoria Daily Transcript, April 26, 1862 reports: "A number of young men met at Roswell Bills' office last night and organized a base ball club under the name Olympic Base Ball Club. The following officers were elected: President, Alphonse Goodrich; Vice Pres., E. C. Ely; Secretary, J. H. Stevison; Treasurer, Arthur H. Rugg. The club meets at the State House Square for exercise." Same May 17, 1862 gives the roster of the club. P. C. Wheeler is captain 1st nine; A. Goodrich captain 2nd nine. These were the 2 nines that played the 39-39 game that day, said by the paper to be "probably the first game of this new sport ever played in Peoria." Thanks to Jonathan Wright of Peoria Magazine for sending me the newspaper transcripts. The Chicago Tribune, Sept. 13, 1866 reports that the Olympic Club of Peoria played at the baseball tournament in Bloomington.
Sources	The Peoria Daily Transcript, April 26, 1862 The Chicago Tribune, Sept. 13, 1866
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
First in Location	Peoria, IL
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Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1862	1 Played	0 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied

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Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1862-05-17	Peoria		IL	Olympic Club of Peoria	Olympic Club of Peoria	39 - 39	Peoria, IL	Bruce Allardice

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