Early baseball in Tennessee/Club 24
From SABR Encyclopedia
< Early baseball in Tennessee(Difference between revisions)
(Created page with '{{Origins-club |Location=Tennessee |Year=1869 |City=Sewanee |State=Tennessee |Submitter=Bruce Allardice |First=false |Approved=false |Pagetext=The New Orleans Times Picayune, Jul…') |
|||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
|Location=Tennessee | |Location=Tennessee | ||
|Year=1869 | |Year=1869 | ||
| + | |Modern-address=Sewanee TN | ||
|City=Sewanee | |City=Sewanee | ||
| - | |State= | + | |State=TN |
|Submitter=Bruce Allardice | |Submitter=Bruce Allardice | ||
| - | |First= | + | |First=No |
| - | |Approved= | + | |Approved=Yes |
|Pagetext=The New Orleans Times Picayune, July 11, 1869, under the headline “Letter from Sewanee Plateau,” reports that “the students [of the University of the South at Sewanee] are divided into several clubs and nines, and have their baseball matches and other games…” | |Pagetext=The New Orleans Times Picayune, July 11, 1869, under the headline “Letter from Sewanee Plateau,” reports that “the students [of the University of the South at Sewanee] are divided into several clubs and nines, and have their baseball matches and other games…” | ||
| + | |||
| + | Sewanee TN (current pop. about 2400) is about 40 miles NW of Chattanooga. It is the home of the University of the South. | ||
|Sources=New Orleans Times Picayune, July 11, 1869 | |Sources=New Orleans Times Picayune, July 11, 1869 | ||
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 14:55, 3 September 2012
| Spread of baseball: Home -> Tennessee -> Early baseball in Tennessee/Club 24 |
| Location | Tennessee |
|---|---|
| Year | 1869 |
| Modern address | Sewanee TN |
| City | Sewanee |
| State | TN |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The New Orleans Times Picayune, July 11, 1869, under the headline “Letter from Sewanee Plateau,” reports that “the students [of the University of the South at Sewanee] are divided into several clubs and nines, and have their baseball matches and other games…”
Sewanee TN (current pop. about 2400) is about 40 miles NW of Chattanooga. It is the home of the University of the South.
Sources
New Orleans Times Picayune, July 11, 1869
