Early baseball in Massachusetts/Club 20
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Location | Massachusetts |
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Year | 1867 |
Month | 8 |
Note on date | No Later than August 1867 |
City | Fitchburg |
State | Massachusetts |
Nickname | Rollestone |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Lowell Daily Citizen, Aug. 15, 1867, reports that the Clipper BBC of Lowell lost to the Rollestone BBC of Fitchburg 43-23, at Fitchburg Aug. 12.
Fitchburg MA (1870 pop. about 11,000) is about 45 miles NW of Boston.
Sources
Lowell Daily Citizen, Aug. 15, 1867