1866 Fort Wayne Kekiongas season

The Fort Wayne Kekiongas played several games during 1866, touring around the upper Midwest.

Enterprise of Sydney

The first game of the 1866 schedule saw the Kekiongas win against the Enterprise of Sydney by a score of 54-34. The game was played in Sydney on 24 Aug, 1866 with a time of 3 hours and 40 minutes. Charles Taylor and John Evans each hit a home run for the Kekiongas. Diehl was captain for this game.[1]

Laporte

The club sent a challenge to "the champion club of the state", who were based in La Porte, Indiana for a match on 18 Sep 1866, but no results were recorded.[2]

Summit City of Fort Wayne

The Kekiongas defeated a local rival by a score of 66-40. The game was played in Fort Wayne in Oct, 1866. The Kekiongas second baseman, Lumbard, hit two home runs while the shortstop Bell hit one home run. John Hoagland was captain for this game.[3]

On 9 Nov, 1866, the Kekiongas played the last game of their season against the same Summit City ballclub, winning 80-29. Kekiongas hit twelve home runs during the game, with Bell accounting for four and Hoagland, Hadden, F.A. Gorham, Lumbard, Aveline, Diehl, C. Gorham and Shoaff each contributing one. Aveline was awarded a "huge cigar" for making the least number of outs while scoring the most runs (0 outs, 11 runs).[4]

Roster

1866 Fort Wayne Kekiongas
Roster
Pitchers
  • Diehl (if/of)
  • George Hadden (if)

Catchers

  • John R Hoagland
Infielders
  • Aveline
  • Bell
  • John Evans
  • F.A. Gorham
  • James Hoagland
  • Lumbard
  • Robert Milliman (of)
 Outfielders
  • Charles Gorham
  • Charles F Taylor
  • Casper Miller
  • C. Shoaff
Captain
  • Diehl
  • John R Hoagland

References

  1. ↑ "No Title". Fort Wayne Daily Gazette: 3. 25 Aug 1866. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "No Title". Fort Wayne Daily Gazette: 3. 31 Aug 1866. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "No Title". Fort Wayne Daily Gazette: 3. 19 Oct 1866. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "No Title". Fort Wayne Daily Gazette: 3. 10 Nov 1866. Retrieved 29 April 2015.



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