Early baseball in Illinois/Club 8
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| Location | Illinois |
|---|---|
| Year | 1867 |
| Note on date | year is surmised |
| City | Lebanon |
| State | IL |
| Country | US |
"He (Augustus Charles Bernays) was fond of outdoor sports and joined the first base ball club organized at McKendree College."
The College is at Lebanon, Illinois, which is about 25 miles east of St. Louis, MO.
Sources
Thekla Bernays, Augustus Charles Bernays: A Memoir (C. V. Mosby Co., St Louis), 1912, page 50.
