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Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| History of Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume I, 1911, page 307
BASE BALL CLUB. Not to be outdone by her sister cities in the state and nation, Muscatine organized a salaried baseball club in 1910, several thousand dollars being subscribed by the promoters of the innovation, most of whom are members of the Commercial Club. In the year of its birth the Muscatine aggregation belonged to the Northern Association of Clubs, composed of Elgin, Joliet, Galesburg, Decatur, Kankakee and Freeport, all in Illinois, and Clinton, Iowa. That year Muscatine won the "pennant," having proven superior to all its competitors in the numerous battles on the diamond for the season. In 1911 the Muscatine team became a member of the Central Association, which is made up by the combination of Ottumwa, Burlington, Keokuk and Muscatine, of Iowa; Galesburg, Monmouth and Kewanee of Illinois, and Hannibal, Missouri.
The club has a beautiful ball park in southwest Muscatine, where is an octagon grandstand with a capacity of 2,000, and bleachers holding 1,000. The team is under the management of Lewis Walters, and the club's president is Arthur Lawrence. The management has been successful in keeping up interest in the great American game and so far the average attendance on week days has been about 700. On Sunday about 1,200.
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