Hope Club of St. Louis v Hope Club of St. Louis on 4 August 1864

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Date of Game	Thursday, August 4, 1864
Location	Granite City, IL, United States
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Innings	9
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Description	"First grand Basket Pic-nic of the Hope Base Ball Club, to be given on August 4th, at Laclede Station, on the P.R.R.  Cars leave precisely at 8 o'clock A.M.  Tickets one dollar. P.S. - An interesting game of base ball to be played on the occasion." -Missouri Republican, August 2, 1864 Jeff Kittel--This is a vital piece of information as far as tracing the first baseball game in Granite City, Illinois, is concerned.
Sources	[St. Louis] Missouri Republican, August 2, 1864. Cited in Games of Games website.
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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