The White Stockings win 4 - 0 over the Philadelphia Athletics before 4,000 fans .
May 13 -- The Chicago White Stockings play the first professional game in Chicago by a Chicago team since the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 .
The Chicago White Stockings   win 4 - 0 over the Philadelphia Athletics before 4,000 fans .
May 13 -- The Chicago White Stockings play the first professional game in Chicago by a Chicago team since the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 .