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|State=IN ...e</em>, Sept. 14, 1867, reports on "The Indiana Base Ball Convention" held in Indianapolis on Sept. 11th. The teams represented included the Urbana of Th

|Name=Summit City Base Ball Club of Fort Wayne |State=IN

...ug. 27, 1866, reports on a game in Fort Wayne between the Kekionga of Fort Wayne and the Enterprise club of Sidney, Ohio, umpired by Mr. Woodward of the Buc ...0 and an 1870 count of about 30,500. It was the nation's 45th largest city in 1860.</p>

...ns, in Covington. The game came off, and to everybody’s surprise resulted in the crushing defeat of the visitors. The announcement was then made that b ...ndianapolis all day Saturday up to 11 o’clock Saturday night, and the Fort Wayne Club got seventy-five dollars guarantee from the Indianapolis club for a ga

...of the prominence of the gambling element. It is understood that the Fort Wayne directors will fight the case to the bitter end, and are prepared to show t

|Name=In Indianapolis in 1861 |State=IN

...ed, viz: "Fountain City" of Bryan; "Wauseon," "Napoleon," "Social" of Fort Wayne; and "Auglaize" of Defiance."</p> ...apoleon" were teams from the towns of that name, in Ohio, rather than Fort Wayne teams, and that the newspaper had a misprint here.</p>

|State=IN ...e</em>, Sept. 14, 1867, reports on "The Indiana Base Ball Convention" held in Indianapolis on Sept. 11th. The teams represented included the Paragon of D

|State=IN ...the Lone Star Club of Anderson attended the Northwest Baseball Convention in Chicago.</p>

...clubs are after him. It is understood that the Chicago Club has the lead in the race with a bid of $500.</p>

|State=IN <p>Same, July 25, 1867 reports that a ladies club had been formed in Kendalville.</p>

...hat his case was sure to hold. But they counted without their host. Fort Wayne had reserved them, and, as it was not the policy of the League and the Amer ...ly over the base, while balls are only called on the pitcher when he sends in balls either by any kind of a throw, or to the left of the batsman or out o

...ds, Saginaw, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Keokuk, Janesville and Fort Wayne.</p>

|Name=Kekionga Base Ball Club of Fort Wayne |State=IN

|First Newspaper Mention=1866/01/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Year

|State=IN ..., IN], May 28, 1868: "Local Brevities. A Base Ball Club has been organized in this place. The game was called town ball forty years ago." The team appear

|State=IN |Sources=<p>Fort Wayne Daily Gazette, Sept. 11, 1868</p>

|Headline=First Pro League Game Doesn't Feature Offense |State=IN

|State=IN |Sources=<p>Fort Wayne Daily Gazette, July 6, 1868</p>

|State=IN ...s played in this city on Wednesday afternoon, between the Pastimes of Fort Wayne, and a nine selected from a Marion nine and the old club of this city." Mun