Fair Play Club of St. Genevieve

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Nick Name	Fair Play
Earliest Known Date	June 1875
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Location	St. Genevieve, MO, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	St. Genevieve Fair Play, July 1, 1875, reports that the club of the "Fair Play" newspaper beat the club sponsored by the town rival "Free Press" newspaper 49 to 27. July 8, 1875 reports that the Fair Play Base Ball Club (the club sponsored by the newspaper) has challenged the Anchor BBC of St. Mary to play for the Ste. Genevieve County championship. Sept. 16, 1875 reports that a combined St. Louis-St. Genevieve team beat the Anchor Club 22 to 12 at the Ste. Genevieve Agricultural Society Fair Grounds. This game attracted 1500 spectators. The Doniphan Prospect, June 11, 1875: "A base ball club was organized at Ste. Genevieve last [illegible] christened "Fair Play"..."
Sources	St. Genevieve Fair Play, July 1, July 8, Sept. 16, 1875,
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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