Early baseball in West Virginia/Club 1
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{{Origins-club | {{Origins-club | ||
|Location=West Virginia | |Location=West Virginia | ||
- | |Year= | + | |Year=1865 |
- | |Month= | + | |Month=11 |
- | + | ||
|City=Wheeling | |City=Wheeling | ||
|State=WV | |State=WV | ||
|Country=US | |Country=US | ||
- | |Nickname=Hunkidori | + | |Nickname=Star, Anchor, Hunkidori |
|First=Yes | |First=Yes | ||
|Approved=Yes | |Approved=Yes | ||
- | |Pagetext=The Hunkidori Club of Wheeling WV is listed in Peverelly [1866]. It may well have formed earlier. | + | |Pagetext=William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000", p. 7, says that in Nov. 1865 the Star and Anchor teams formed in Wheeling. The Hunkidoris organized in 1866. |
- | |Sources= | + | The Hunkidori Club of Wheeling WV is listed in Peverelly [1866]. It may well have formed earlier. |
- | Peverelly, page 120. | + | |Sources=Peverelly, page 120. |
- | + | William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000" | |
}} | }} |
Latest revision as of 21:59, 24 September 2012
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Location | West Virginia |
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Year | 1865 |
Month | 11 |
City | Wheeling |
State | WV |
Country | US |
Nickname | Star, Anchor, Hunkidori |
First in West Virginia | Yes |
William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000", p. 7, says that in Nov. 1865 the Star and Anchor teams formed in Wheeling. The Hunkidoris organized in 1866. The Hunkidori Club of Wheeling WV is listed in Peverelly [1866]. It may well have formed earlier.
Sources
Peverelly, page 120.
William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000"