Atlantic Club of Chicago v Excelsior Club of Chicago on 16 July 1859
| Date of Game | Saturday, July 16, 1859 |
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| Location | Chicago, IL, United States |
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| Field | Excelsior grounds at the corner of Lake and May streets |
| Home Team | Atlantic Club of Chicago |
| Away Team | Excelsior Club of Chicago |
| Score | 30 - 23 |
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| Description | (return game) (Chicago Press and Tribune (2): “The Atlantic boys, not being satisfied with their defeat on the 11th ult., with the Excelsiors, have challenged them to play this afternoon, …. From the returns of the last match, we anticipate some rich sport. Walker’s line of omnibuses run to the grounds every fifteen minutes.”) (Porter’s Spirit of the Times (3): “The Atlantic Base Ball Club have challenged the Excelsiors to a second match, which has been accepted, and the game will take place in a week or two on the grounds of the Excelsiors, …”) |
| Sources | (1) “The City,” Chicago Press and Tribune, vol. 13, no. 8 (11 Jul 1859), p. 1, col. 2 (2) “The City: Base Ball Match,” Chicago Press and Tribune, vol. 13, no. 13 (16 Jul 1859), p. 1, col. 2 (3) Bobian, “Sporting Matters in Chicago,” Porter’s Spirit of the Times, vol. 6, no. 21 (23 Jul 1859), p. 326, col. 3 (letter from Chicago dated 10 Jul 1859) (4) Bobian, “Out-Door Sports: Base Ball: Base-Ball in Chicago—Excelsior vs. Atlantic,” Porter’s Spirit of the Times, vol. 6, no. 23 (6 Aug 1859), p. 357, col. 1 (letter from Chicago dated 26 Jul 1859) |
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| Found by | Craig Waff |
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| Entry Origin | Games Tab |
| Entry Origin Url | http://protoball.org/Games Tab:Chicago#date1859-7-16 |
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