Early baseball in Pennsylvania/Club 23

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|Date-note=No Later than May 1865
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|Pagetext=The Susquehanna Club of Wilkes-Barre PA is listed in Peverelly [1866].  It may well have formed earlier.
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In fact, a 1915 newspaper account of the May 1865 birth of Scranton PA's Wyoming BBC [see separate entry] mentions that that club's first opponent was the Susquehanna Club of nearby Wilkes-Barre PA.  No further detail appear.
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The Susquehanna Club of Wilkes-Barre PA is listed in Peverelly [1866].   It may well have formed earlier.
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|Sources=A account of Scranton club founder James Linen's base ball career is found at http://thenewyorkclipper.com/james-linen-n-things.  That account cites an interview of Linen appearing in the June 6, 1915 issue of the Elmira NY Morning Telegram.
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Location Pennsylvania
Year 1866
Month 5
Note on date No Later than May 1865
City Wilkes-Barre
State PA
Country US
Nickname Susquehanna

The Susquehanna Club of Wilkes-Barre PA is listed in Peverelly [1866]. It may well have formed earlier.

In fact, a 1915 newspaper account of the May 1865 birth of Scranton PA's Wyoming BBC [see separate entry] mentions that that club's first opponent was the Susquehanna Club of nearby Wilkes-Barre PA. No further detail appear.

Sources

A account of Scranton club founder James Linen's base ball career is found at http://thenewyorkclipper.com/james-linen-n-things. That account cites an interview of Linen appearing in the June 6, 1915 issue of the Elmira NY Morning Telegram.

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