Club of Naperville

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Nick Name	Naperville
Earliest Known Date	1870
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Location	Naperville, IL, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	Chicago Tribune, June 26, 1870: "The Garden Citys made an excursion to Naperville, yesterday, and in the afternoon played a game with the club of that village..." The article gives a box score, with the Chicago team beating the Naperville team 75 to 22. The names of the players are given. The Naperville Clarion, June 29, 1870, has a long article on this game. It says the loss was expected, as Garden City had a great reputation. Interestingly, not long thereafter three Garden City players started playing for the Naperville team. The Clarion Sept. 28, 1870 says that Naperville only lost one of the 17 games it had played that year, to Aurora, and that they'd avenged the defeat. There was one forfeit. They played Aurora on the 24th. The Naperville games were played on the Court House grounds (today, Central Park). The Clarion for 1870 is on microfilm at the Naperville Public Library, and contains reports of many games, especially games against the team from their arch-rival city Wheaton. They also played Plainfield, Danby, Aurora, Batavia, and Lemont that year. Players included a member of the city-founding Naper family. On May 10, 1872, at a meeting of the NBCC, N. Gross was elected president and J. M. Ogden, VP. As early as Sept. 14, 1870, Powell's store in Naperville was advertising for sale Score-sheets, Bats, Dead Balls, etc. The fast-growing city of Naperville is west of Chicago.
Sources	Chicago Tribune, June 26, 1870. Naperville Clarion, March 9, 1870, April 27, 1870
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
First in Location	Naperville, IL
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Naperville Courthouse	1870s

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