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|State=NE |City=Milford

|Name=in Kearney in 1875 |State=NE

|Name=Club of Seward, NE |State=NE

|First Newspaper Mention=1869/04/16 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|Name=in Red Cloud in March 1874 |State=NE

|Name=Ne Plus Ultra Club of San Rafael |Club Name=Ne Plus Ultra

|First Newspaper Mention=1891/04/26 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|Name=First Idaho BBC Club of Lapwai |Club Name=First Idaho BBC

|Name=in Wake Island in 1940 |City=Wake Island

|State=NE |City=Ponca

|State=NE |City=Plattsmouth

|City=Cherokee |Description=<p>The Yankton Union and Dakotian, July 7, 1870, says the Sioux City White Caps recently beat the Railroad Club of Cherokee, 78-41.</p>

|State=NE |City=North Platte

|First Newspaper Mention=1869/01/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Year

|First Newspaper Mention=1876/07/04 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|State=NE |City=Red Cloud

|State=NE |City=Beatrice

|State=NE |City=Weeping Water

|Name=Club of Ponca v Club of Dakota City on 25 June 1874 |State=NE

|State=NE |City=Sutton

|City=Tazewell ...at Chattanooga) of the state association of baseball on May 1st. Sturm was a Union army veteran who founded the club.</p>

|First Newspaper Mention=1869/04/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|State=NE |City=Furnas County

|Headline=Tolland CT 265, Otis-Sandisfield MA 189 In Wicket Match |City=Sandisfield

|State=NE |City=Hastings

|Name=White Caps Club of Sioux City v Railroad Club of Cherokee in July 1870 |City=Sioux City

|City=Corinth ...cription=<p><em>Weekly Mississippi Pilot</em> April 30, 1870: "Corinth has a Base Ball Club."</p>

|State=NE |City=Brownville

|Name=White Caps Club of Sioux City |City=Sioux City

|City=Peoria ...n Jefferson and Madison Avenues, near Wayne (approx. 800 NE Madison Ave.). A later 1862 game is described as being played near the Greeley School, north

|Name=Otoe Club of Nebraska City |State=NE

|Title=Base Ball on the Western reserve: The Early Game in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, Year by Year and Town by Town, 1865-1900 |Is in library=Yes

|City=New Marlborough ...layed a game of ball for a supper - Tolland beat. There were 30 players on a side."</p>

|City=Galesburg |Description=<p>The <em>Kewanee Advertiser</em>, July 9, 1870 reports on a tournament featuring the Awkwards of Galesburg, Blue Stockings of Kewanee,

|City=Trenton ...red pants of the local baseball team, and fled, thinking the young man was a Klan member.</p>

|First Newspaper Mention=1867/06/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|Name=Washington Club of Bay City |Club Name=Washington Club of Bay City

|Name=In New Marlborough in 1859 |City=New Marlborough

|First Newspaper Mention=1866/08/12 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|First Newspaper Mention=1867/05/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|First Newspaper Mention=1886/08/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|First Newspaper Mention=1869/05/17 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|City=Stoneham <p>&nbsp;They played teh NE game in 1860, 14 a side.</p>

|Headline=Stoolball Played in Sherston, England |City=Sherston

|Name=Ballgame in Fort Grant on 25 December 1872 |City=Fort Grant

|First Newspaper Mention=1897/10/16 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|First Newspaper Mention=1873/08/23 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|First Newspaper Mention=1875/04/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|Name=Virginia Club of Virginia City |City=Virginia City

|First Newspaper Mention=1891/07/04 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|City=Gambier ...erelly [1866]. It may well have formed earlier. Gambrier is about 50 miles NE of Columbus.</p>

|City=Van Buren .../em>, Sept. 4, 1869, Fort Smith <em>New Era</em>, June 29, 1870,&nbsp; for a mention of this club.</p>

|City=Yorkville |Description=<p>&ldquo;A base ball club was organized in Yorkville on the 14th&hellip;&rdquo; The Yorkville Enquirer, July 16, 1868.

|Name=In Barre in 1848 |City=Barre

|Name=Mountain Boys Club of Virginia City |First Newspaper Mention=1874/01/01

|First Newspaper Mention=1880/06/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|First Newspaper Mention=1878/07/10 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|City=Spartanburg ...s first recorded baseball game in the 1869-70 student year,&rdquo; beating a team called the Athletics 55-51.</p>

|First Newspaper Mention=1876/04/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|State=NE |City=Omaha

|First Newspaper Mention=1867/07/25 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|City=Denison ...terial at both points is excellent. There are a number of Northern players in these parts. They promise to worry the Galveston clubs soon."</p>

|City=Portsmouth ...bout 107,000. Portsmouth Twp is about 100 miles NW of Detroit and 15 miles NE of Saginaw MI.</span></p>

|Headline=US Traveler Sees Baseball-Like Game in Northeastern France |City=Rhiems

|City=Greeneville ...867 mentions that the Greeneville Club showed up for a baseball tournament in Knoxville.</p>

|First Newspaper Mention=1873/07/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|First Newspaper Mention=1874/10/10 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|First Newspaper Mention=1877/08/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|First Newspaper Mention=1872/05/30 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

...shorter skirts with stockings or leggings in sports, and 'ladies' baseball in Beach Haven ended by World War I."</span></p> ...reports on a game held in conjunction with Beach Haven's 125th anniversary in May 2015.&nbsp; The article touches on local ballplaying through the years

|First Newspaper Mention=1876/06/10 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|State=NE |City=Omaha

|City=Lafayette |Description=<p>&ldquo;Tennessee News&hellip; Lafayette has a base-ball club.&rdquo; Memphis Daily Appeal, July 23, 1875</p>

|First Newspaper Mention=1878/01/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Year

|State=NE |City=Lincoln

|City=Knoxville ...as represented at the first meeting of the Tennessee Base Ball Convention, in May of 1867.</p>

|State=NE |City=Nebraska City

|First Newspaper Mention=1875/01/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Year

|City=Lebanon |Description=<p>Approximate date, could be a year off. The school is now the National Normal University.</p>

|First Newspaper Mention=1867/07/04 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day

|City=Gadsden ...e Gadsden <em>Times</em> May 28, 1869, the Etowah Base Ball Club will play a match game on the 20th instant, on the play ground near Captain Barret&rsqu

|Headline=In Bass Ball, Club is "Skinned from Top to Stem" |City=Canton

|Headline=Litchfield CT Bests Wolcottville in Wicket |City=Litchfield

|City=Athens ...Watchman</em>, July 17, 1867 welcomed &ldquo;the advent of Base Ball Clubs in our community.&rdquo; Mentions three clubs already formed, the Franklin, Ad

|Name=Antelope Base Ball Club of Kansas City v Pomeroys Club of Atchison on 12 August 1866 |City=Kansas City

|First Newspaper Mention=1878/06/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|City=Dubuque ...1866 notes that the Juliens of Dubuque played in a multi-state tournament in Rockford.</p>

|City=Athens ...Watchman</em>, July 17, 1867 welcomed &ldquo;the advent of Base Ball Clubs in our community.&rdquo; Mentions three clubs already formed, the Franklin, Ad

|City=Athens ...Watchman</em>, July 17, 1867 welcomed &ldquo;the advent of Base Ball Clubs in our community.&rdquo; Mentions three clubs already formed, the Franklin, Ad

|City=Arkadelphia ...ng Republican, May 8, 1871: &ldquo;Clark County&hellip; Arkadelphia boasts a base ball club&hellip;&rdquo;</p>

|City=Fernandina ...ame was played in Fernandina early in 1870. See &ldquo;First Baseball Team in Fernandina,&rdquo; Nassau County Genealogist, vol. 2 no. 1 (Fall 1994), p.

|Name=in Eagle Valley in August 1866 |City=Eagle Valley

|City=Falmouth ...men in this camp . . . . Foot-races among the men wre frequently indulged in, not for the purpose of developing any <em>retreating</em> qualities. These

|City=Athens ...Watchman</em>, July 17, 1867 welcomed &ldquo;the advent of Base Ball Clubs in our community.&rdquo; Mentions three clubs already formed, the Franklin, Ad

|City=Kenyon ...l. This might indicate that either an all-out/side out game was played, or a cricket-style rule allowed each batter to retain his ups until he was retir

|First Newspaper Mention=1875/06/01 |First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Month

|City=Vicksburg .... Sergeant Dryden, of an Iowa regiment, relates that during the long waits in the trenches before Vicksburg, the Union and Confederate soldiers jokingly

|City=Troy ...he Falls City (NE) Journal, May 26, 1870 mentions the Occidentals of Falls City playing the "Topelians" of Troy, KS. Same club?</p>

|City=Union Springs ...n players complained about the Union Springs playing field. Same issue has a long article noting that they Syracuse BBC beat Union Springs 30-27 at Aubu

|City=Camden |Description=<p>The Camden Journal, Oct. 17, 1867 has a long article on a game between the Kershaw and Wateree BBCs, won by Wateree 50-30.</p>

|City=Lampeter ...affords recreation and pastime to the weary son of toll, there is nothing in it to which the most stern advocate of morality can possibly object."</p>

|Name=Montgomery Club of Montgomery v Capitol City Club of Montgomery on 20 November 1868 |City=Montgomery

|Name=Virginia Club of Virginia City v Northwestern Club of Virginia City on 29 November 1866 |City=Virginia City

|City=Danville |Description=<p>The St. Johnsbury Caledonian, Sept. 27, 1867, reports on a base ball tournament recently held and mentions the following teams: Ethan

|City=Montgomery ...S of Birmingham and 160 miles NE of Pensacola FL. Montgomery's population in the late 1860s was about 10,000.</p>

|City=Columbia <p>The Tampico (IL) <em>Tornado</em> Sept. 22, 1883 prints a letter from Columbia regarding the travails of the Brown County (SD) BBC of

|City=Lynn ...from the Granite BBC of Lynn to any other Lynn team, to play MA rules, 14 a side.</p>

|City=Painesville |Description=<p>The Painesville Athletics are known to have played Ashtabula in September 1866, and its second nine played the local high schoolers.</p>

|City=Batesville ...ober 1969), 7-13. Duane Huddleston, &ldquo;A History of Batesville&rsquo;s First Baseball Team, the Independents, and its 1869 Record,&rdquo; Independence C

|City=Boston ...ek and scored twenty-four more than the Tocwottons. The Aucillas will play a Bainbridge club on the grounds of the Red Clouds at Cairo, this week.&rdquo

|City=Gloucester ...erest was minimal here since most of the town's young men were usually out in the Atlantic fishing.</p>

|City=Prescott |Description=<p>Rattlers of Prescott will play a game today, June 9th, against the Little Rock Blues, at the Little Rock Fai

|City=Lewiston ...orts: "Base Ball Club--Several of the young men of the town have organized a base-ball club..."</p>

|City=Newburyport ...lisbury Beach outing of Essex County citizens. The Hawkswood won, 27-22 in a nine inning game.</p>

|Headline=<i>New York Tribune</i> Compares the NY "Baby" Game and NE Game |Location=Greater New York City,

|Headline="Old Boys" Play Throwback Game to 100 Tallies in Ohio |City=Jefferson

|City=Lockport <p>(<em>RU&amp;A:</em> &ldquo;The game passed off pleasantly, and the party who went from Ro

|City=Valley Forge ...a game of "Base" at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: "Exercisd in the afternoon in the intervals playd at base."</p>

|Title=the complications of arranging a game ...answered that if the Crickets wanted them to play they would have to send a special train at their own expense. The amount of the business was they we

|City=Barre ...the weather, were not present, so that both Clubs were obliged to appoint a new set of Judges, which necessarily delayed the time to nearly 11 o&rsquo;

|Headline=Whigs 81 Runs, Loco Focos 10 Runs, in "Political" Contest Near Canadian Border |City=Ogdensburg

|Name=Silver Star Club of Carson City |City=Carson City

|City=Harrisonburg ...f 1866 &ldquo;the young men of Harrisonburg&hellip; formed themselves into a base ball club, under the supervision and instruction of H. H. Hopkins, of

|Headline=MA :Paper Sees Desecration in Older "Bat and Ball" Players |City=Newburyport

|Name=in Salisbury in 1862 |City=Salisbury

|City=Utica ...ing to bases which their adversaries were approaching, considerately threw in another direction and allowed them to make tallies.</p>