“Galveston, Aug. 23.—In the second match game of base ball between nines composed of members of the Sealy Rifles and the Washington Guards, the Sealys won by a score of 14 to 6. The nines were attired in Mother Hubbard dresses.”
—The Dallas Daily Herald, August 24, 1884
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