Alert Club of Washington

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Nick Name	Alerts
Earliest Known Date	1867
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Location	Washington, DC, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	The Washington National Republican, June 12, 1867 reports on a game between two "colored" clubs, with the Monumental beating the Alert 33-20. Same, July 9, 1867 reports that two "colored" clubs, the Alerts of DC and the Pythians of Philadelphia, recently played a match in Philadelphia. The alerts are mentioned in Morris, Base Ball Pioneers p. 266 as playing in 1869.
Sources	The Washington National Republican, June 12, July 9, 1867
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

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Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1871	1 Played	1 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied

Ballgames

Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1871-09	Washington		DC	Alert Club of Washington	Unique Club of Chicago	24 - 18		Greg Christiano

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Playing Fields

Field	Years	Edit Association with Club
White Lot south of the White House	Prior to 1874 when they were banned from the field.

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