Riddle, Hugh R.
Springfield, Illinois physician who served in the Civil War and was held as a prisoner of war in Tyler, Texas where he learned the game of baseball from New York soldiers. After release started college in Springfield and that fall organized the first game of organized baseball among the students.
From the description of Statement on first game of organized baseball in Illinois. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54025458
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