Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
July 15, 1858, Louisville’s earliest box scores appeared in the Louisville Daily Democrat. The “Louisville Base Ball Club” played on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. The paper noted the club wore uniforms of blue cottonade pants, white flamed shirts with blue piping, dark blue caps and leather belts.
Baseball In Louisville by Anne Jewell
July 15, 1894, Logan County lynched Edwin Trauhgber, race not known, for being a “bad character.”
July 15, 1903, Fleming County lynched William Thacker, a white male, for murder.

July 15, 1951, Happy Chandler spent his last day as the 2nd commissioner of baseball.
July 15, 1953, Marine Corps PFC Albert F. Schildmeyer from Covington died in the Korean War.
July 15, 2015, Keeneland began their year-round simulcast wagering operations at the Red Mile.