First Game Bewteen Colored Cluubs

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Date	Tuesday, October 23, 1855
Location	Newark, NJ, United States
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Description	"BASE BALL - A match game of Base Ball was played between the St. John's and Union Clubs (colored) yesterday afternoon.  Two innings were played when it commenced to rain.  The St. John's Club made ten runs and the Union Club only two.  The game is to be played again on Friday at 2 o'clock, on the ground of the St. John's Club, foot of Chestnut Street."
Sources	Newark Daily Mercury, Oct. 24, 1855, per 19cbb post by John Zinn, Sep. 6, 2011
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Submitted by	Bob Tholkes
Submission Note	2/21/2015

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