Early baseball in Virginia/Club 12
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|City=Gordonsville | |City=Gordonsville | ||
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|Submitter=Bruce Allardice | |Submitter=Bruce Allardice | ||
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|Pagetext=“Letter from Louisa [June 6] …A match game of base ball took place here last Saturday afternoon between a club in this county and the Gordonsville club, the latter being victorious. The Star club of this town was beaten not long since by the Gordonsville club.” Petersburg Index Appeal, June 10, 1878. | |Pagetext=“Letter from Louisa [June 6] …A match game of base ball took place here last Saturday afternoon between a club in this county and the Gordonsville club, the latter being victorious. The Star club of this town was beaten not long since by the Gordonsville club.” Petersburg Index Appeal, June 10, 1878. | ||
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| + | Gordonsville VA (current pop. about 1,500) is about 20 miles NE of Charlottesville VA. Louisa VA (current pop. about 1,400) is about 14 miles SE of Gordonsville. | ||
|Sources=Petersburg Index Appeal, June 10, 1878 | |Sources=Petersburg Index Appeal, June 10, 1878 | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:33, 4 September 2012
| Spread of baseball: Home -> Virginia -> Early baseball in Virginia/Club 12 |
| Location | Virginia |
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| Year | 1878 |
| Modern address | Gordonsville VA |
| City | Gordonsville |
| State | VA |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
“Letter from Louisa [June 6] …A match game of base ball took place here last Saturday afternoon between a club in this county and the Gordonsville club, the latter being victorious. The Star club of this town was beaten not long since by the Gordonsville club.” Petersburg Index Appeal, June 10, 1878.
Gordonsville VA (current pop. about 1,500) is about 20 miles NE of Charlottesville VA. Louisa VA (current pop. about 1,400) is about 14 miles SE of Gordonsville.
Sources
Petersburg Index Appeal, June 10, 1878
