Montana Base Ball Club of Helena

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Nick Name Montana
Earliest Known Date April 1867 -- No Later than May 1867
Location Helena, MT, United States
Description

Helena Montana Post, April 20, 1867 reports the formation of this club.

The Helena Weekly Herald, May 2, 1867: "Base Ball Club. ...This club "has proved a decided success.... why is there not a rival club organized in Helena?"

The Montana Post of Virginia City, May 18, 1867, reports on Helena: "Base Ball.--Since the organization of the Montana Base Ball Club, quite an interest has sprung up. [Another club has been organized,] "having elected J. G. Sanders, President, S. M. Chapman, Secretary and John Lemon, Treasurer." The latter club appears to be the Rocky Mountain Club. The Montana Post, Oct. 12th and 19th, 1867, reports on match games between the Montana BBC and the Rocky Mountain BBC, for "the championship" [presumably, of Helena]. The first match was won by the Rocky Mountain, 47-32. The 2nd, by the Montana 48-29. The latter article gives a box score, and a man named "Lemon" [presumably the RM treasurer mentioned above] played for the RM.

An earlier game between the two was played in May, 1867, with the Rocky Mountain winning 85-19 in 5 innings. Montana Post (of Virginia City), June 1, 1867. Said to be the first match game of bb in Helena.

Helena MT (fd. 1864; 1870 pop. 3100) is about 75 miles NW of Bozeman MT.

Sources

The Helena Weekly Herald, May 2, 1867; The Montana Post of Virginia City, May 18, 1867, Oct. 12, 1867, Oct. 19, 1867; Helena Montana Post, April 20, 1867 

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Helena, MT
Entry Origin Sabrpedia

Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

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Year Games Wins Losses Ties
1867 1 Played 0 Won 1 Lost 0 Tied

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Page Date City Borough State Team 1 Team 2 Score First in Contributor
Ballgame 1867-05-23 Helena MT Rocky Mountain Club of Helena Montana Base Ball Club of Helena 85 - 19 Helena, MT Bruce Allardice

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