Early baseball in Texas/Club 9

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Location	Texas
Year	1870
City	Calvert
State	Texas
Nickname	Merry Nine
Found by	Bruce Allardice

“Texas News and Views… Calvert will send her Merry Nine to play our Pioneers at a match of base ball during the [State] Fair [in Houston May 18-21]. This will draw a larger crowd than anything else, we venture.” Houston Texas Union, May 13, 1870.

Sources

Houston Texas Union, May 13, 1870