Champion Club of Kalamazoo

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Nick Name	Champion
Earliest Known Date	1860
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Location	Kalamazoo, MI, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	A Kalamazoo Public Library online article on early baseball in that city says that the Champion BBC was organized there in 1860. In 1866 the Continental (later Una), Burr Oak, Excelsior and Mt. Carmel (formerly, Gymnastic) Clubs played. See Kalamazoo Telegraph, Nov. 21, 1866. See http://www.kpl.gov/uploadedFiles/Local_History/Essays_All_About_Kalamazoo_History/Recreation/all-about-kalamazoo-base-ball-in-kalamazoo-before-1890.pdf
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Comment	Per Morris, "Baseball Fever" p. 48, the original ball game played by this club was 12 a side. Club "Nestor" John McCord is said to have seen the NY Rules game will in a NYC college and brought the game to Kalamazoo. Edit with form to add a comment
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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
1860	3 Played	0 Won	1 Lost	0 Tied

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Page	Date	City	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1860-08-03	Kalamazoo	MI	Champion Club of Kalamazoo	Champion Club of Kalamazoo	142 - 138		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1860-08-17	Kalamazoo	MI	Champion Club of Kalamazoo	Champion Club of Kalamazoo			Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1860-10-02	Schoolcraft	MI	Prairie Club of Schoolcraft	Champion Club of Kalamazoo	30 - 17	Schoolcraft, MI	Bruce Allardice

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