Irasburg Bass Ball Club

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Nick Name	Irasburg
Earliest Known Date	August 1859
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Location	Irasburg, VT, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	[Irasburg VT] Orleans Independent Standard, Aug. 5, 1859: "Bass [sic] Ball Club--the members of the Irasburg Bass Ball Club are requested to meet on the common at half past six o'clock on Saturday next, for the purpose of choosing officers--prepatory to stumping the county for a grand match sometime this fall." Same source, Aug. 12 reports that the club has adopted the Massachusetts rules, and elected Wm. P. Clark as president. The club is called the Irasburg Base Ball Club (not "bass ball")>
Sources	Orleans Independent Standard, Aug. 5, 1859 and August 12, 1859
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Comment	First BBC in VT Among the club's eight officers, two are listed as "Talleymen" and two as umpires. Do we know what role talleymen played? (Tally recorders, perhaps?) Edit with form to add a comment
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Found by	Bruce Allardice; supplemented by Tom Shieber, 4/10/2018
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
First in Location	Irasburg, VT
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