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Nick Name	Bluff City Club
Earliest Known Date	Friday, August 13, 1869
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Location	Memphis, TN, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	"Base Ball — The Championship of the Southwest was decided in favor of New Orleans. A game of base ball was played at the Race Track yesterday afternoon by the Southern Base Ball Club, of New Orleans, and the Bluff City Club, of Memphis, to decide the championship of the Southwest. The weather was very hot, but still there was a large attendance of spectators. The following is the score: Southern, 25; Bluff City, 19. Mr. R. E. Warren, scorer Southern Base Ball Club ; Mr. J. R. Thompson, scorer Bluff City Base Ball Club. Umpire, Capt. Stein, steamer Robert Burns."
Sources	"Base Ball — The Championship of the Southwest was decided in favor of New Orleans." Public Ledger [Memphis, TN] 14 Aug. 1869: 3. Chronicling America Web. 15 Feb. 2014. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033673/1869-08-14/ed-1/seq-3/
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Found by	Christopher Ryland
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Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1868	1 Played	0 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied
1869	2 Played	0 Won	2 Lost	0 Tied

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Page	Date	City	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1868-07-08	Hopefield	AR	Bluff City Club of Memphis	Pride of the South Club of Memphis		Hopefield, AR	Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1869-05-26	Memphis	TN	Picked Nine of Memphis	Bluff City Club of Memphis	40 - 29		Christopher Ryland
Ballgame	1869-08-13	Memphis	TN	Bluff City Club of Memphis	Southern Club of New Orleans	19 - 25		Christopher Ryland

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Players

Player	Years	Roles
A.G. Knapp	1867	Later Officer
C.B. Davis	1868
Dukes	1869
J. R. Thompson	1869
John D. Gramger	1866	Initial Officer
Laurence	1869
Levy	1869
Rapp	1869
Nofirstname Reynolds	1869
Swartz	1869
Thomas H. Burke	1868
Thomas Kinna	1868
W. Burke	1869
William Wetter	1869

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 <p>A game of base ball was played at the Race Track yesterday afternoon by the Southern Base Ball Club, of New Orleans, and the Bluff City Club, of Memphis, to decide the championship of the Southwest. The weather was very hot, but still there was a large attendance of spectators. The following is the score: Southern, 25; Bluff City, 19. Mr. R. E. Warren, scorer Southern Base Ball Club ; Mr. J. R. Thompson, scorer Bluff City Base Ball Club. Umpire, Capt. Stein, steamer Robert Burns."</p>
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-|Sources=<p>"Base Ball &mdash; The Championship of the Southwest was decided in favor of New Orleans." <em>Public Ledger&nbsp;</em>[Memphis, TN] 14 Aug. 1869: 3.&nbsp;<em>Chronicling America</em> Web. 15 Feb. 2014.</p>
+|Sources=<p>"Base Ball &mdash; The Championship of the Southwest was decided in favor of New Orleans." <em>Public Ledger&nbsp;</em>[Memphis, TN] 14 Aug. 1869: 3.&nbsp;<em>Chronicling America</em> Web. 15 Feb. 2014.&nbsp;http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033673/1869-08-14/ed-1/seq-3/</p>
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 |Submitted by=Christopher Ryland
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