View source for G. M. Moulton's nine v W. H. Reed's nine in 1891

{{Ballgame
|Name=G. M. Moulton's nine v W. H. Reed's nine in 1891
|Coordinates=41.5039235, -87.7131018
|Type of Date=Year
|Date=1891/03/01
|Country=United States
|State=IL
|City=Matteson
|Field=Elliott's Park
|NY Rules=Yes
|Innings=9
|Home Team=G. M. Moulton's nine
|Home Score=15
|Away Team=W. H. Reed's nine
|Away Score=10
|Description=<p>Matteson was incorporated in 1889. Around this time Elliott's Park (at the corner of modern Route 30 and Kedzie Avenue) became a fashionable amusement park and picnic grounds for Chicagoans.</p>
<p>The <em>Chicago Tribune</em>, July 12, 1891, reporting on the annual picnic of Chicago Freemasons at Elliott's Park: "G. M. Moulton's scrub baseball team won the $50 prize from W. H. Reed's nine by a score of 15 to 10. The Woodlawn Park ball nine beat a picked nine 14 to 6..."</p>
<p>According to Jaenicke's "Matteson" (2006), p. 73, organized baseball teams started in Matteson around 1910. In 1900 Matteson had a population of 449.</p>
|Sources=<p>The&nbsp;<em>Chicago Tribune</em>, July 12, 1891</p>
|Has Source On Hand=No
|Reviewed=Yes
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice,
|Entered by=Bruce Allardice
}}