Olympic Ball Club on 9 October 1858

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Date of Game	Saturday, October 9, 1858
Game	Wicket
Location	Louisville, KY, United States
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Description	The Louisville Courier-Journal, Oct. 16, 1858: "The Olympic Ball Club will play their weekly game of Wicket on Saturday, October 16th, at three o-clock, on the commons beyond Kentucky and Fifth Streets." This is the same grounds that early baseball games were played on.
Sources	The Louisville Courier-Journal, Oct. 9, 16, 1858
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Comment	The Courier of the 9th calls wicket "a far more interesting game than base ball" Edit with form to add a comment
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Submitted by	Bruce Allardice
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