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|Club Name=Manteno
|Club Name=Manteno
|Type of Date=Year
|Type of Date=Year
|Date=1895/05/01
|Date=1894/05/01
|Date of Dissolution Type=Day
|Date of Dissolution Type=Day
|Country=United States
|Country=United States
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|City=Manteno
|City=Manteno
|Nine Class=Senior
|Nine Class=Senior
|Description=<p>The <em>Chicago Inter Ocean</em>, Aug. 25, Sept. 3 and Oct. 3 1895 report on Chicago teams traveling to play a "crack" Manteno club. Manteno manager William C. Mellanson (1862-1942) offered to pay the expenses of Chicago clubs coming down to play Manteno.</p>
|Description=<p>The Joliet News Oct. 26, 1894 mentions the Manteno BBC.</p>
<p>The <em>Chicago Inter Ocean</em>, Aug. 25, Sept. 3 and Oct. 3 1895 report on Chicago teams traveling to play a "crack" Manteno club. Manteno manager William C. Mellanson (1862-1942) offered to pay the expenses of Chicago clubs coming down to play Manteno.</p>
<p>Baseball was probably played earlier in Manteno--though a search of of the Kankakee Gazette through 1876 yields no mention of such game. There's a hint from an "old timer" in 1887 that Manteno had baseball in 1870. See Kankakee, Grove City club entry. Manteno had 632 residents in 1880.</p>
<p>Baseball was probably played earlier in Manteno--though a search of of the Kankakee Gazette through 1876 yields no mention of such game. There's a hint from an "old timer" in 1887 that Manteno had baseball in 1870. See Kankakee, Grove City club entry. Manteno had 632 residents in 1880.</p>
|Sources=<p>The&nbsp;<em>Chicago Inter Ocean</em>, Aug. 25, Sept. 3 and Oct. 3 1895</p>
|Sources=<p>The Joliet News, Oct. 26, 1894;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Chicago Inter Ocean</em>, Aug. 25, Sept. 3 and Oct. 3 1895</p>
|Has Source On Hand=No
|Has Source On Hand=No
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice,
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice,
|Entered by=Bruce Allardice
|Entered by=Bruce Allardice
|First in Location=Manteno, IL
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Has Supplemental Text=No
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Nick Name Manteno
Earliest Known Date 1894
Location Manteno, IL, United States
Nine Class Senior
Description

The Joliet News Oct. 26, 1894 mentions the Manteno BBC.

The Chicago Inter Ocean, Aug. 25, Sept. 3 and Oct. 3 1895 report on Chicago teams traveling to play a "crack" Manteno club. Manteno manager William C. Mellanson (1862-1942) offered to pay the expenses of Chicago clubs coming down to play Manteno.

Baseball was probably played earlier in Manteno--though a search of of the Kankakee Gazette through 1876 yields no mention of such game. There's a hint from an "old timer" in 1887 that Manteno had baseball in 1870. See Kankakee, Grove City club entry. Manteno had 632 residents in 1880.

Sources

The Joliet News, Oct. 26, 1894;  Chicago Inter Ocean, Aug. 25, Sept. 3 and Oct. 3 1895

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Manteno, IL

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