Early baseball in Pennsylvania/Club 24
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Location | Pennsylvania |
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Year | 1866 |
City | Reading |
State | PA |
Nickname | Washington |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Harrisburg Patriot, Oct. 18, 1866, has a long article on the Pennsylvania state base ball convention. Among the many teams mentioned as sending delegates was the Washington BBC of Reading.
Reading PA (1860 pop. about 23,000; 1870 pop. about 34,000)is about 50 miles NW of Philadelphia.
Sources
Harrisburg Patriot, Oct. 18, 1866