Stonewall Club of Newport
Nick Name | Stonewall |
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Earliest Known Date | Saturday, July 3, 1869 |
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Location | Newport, AR, United States |
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Description | On July 3, 1869, the Stonewalls of Newport, Jackson County, played the Independents of Batesville, Independence County. The game only lasted three innings, with the Batesville team winning thirty-two to three. The captain of the Stonewalls complained that the pitcher for the Independents threw too hard! [Pat Allen Bailey, “A Century of Baseball in Jackson County,” The Stream of History, vol 7 nos. 3-4 (July/October 1969), 7-13. Duane Huddleston, “A History of Batesville’s First Baseball Team, the Independents, and its 1869 Record,” Independence County Chronicle 9 (July 1968), 43-49.] Newport is about 90 miles NE of Little Rock. Batesville is about 30 miles NW of Newport. |
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Found by | Bruce Allardice |
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First in Location | Newport, AR |
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Entry Origin | Sabrpedia |
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