Bicentennial moment: Quincy Buds earn place in baseball history by beating World Series champion Chicago Cubs

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | July 26, 2025
The 1907 Quincy Buds were a member of the Iowa-Illinois League and beat the Chicago Cubs 5-2 in an exhibition game on Sept. 16, 1907, less than a month before the Cubs won the World Series. | Photo courtesy Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County

This is the first in a series of stories highlighting the greatest sports moments in Adams County history as it celebrates its bicentennial. QUINCY — Some of the names have been lost to history, some were misspelled or misinterpreted in history, and some never became part of baseball’s history. Collectively, though, their place in Adams…

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