Early baseball in Massachusetts/Club 21
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Location | Massachusetts |
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Year | 1867 |
City | Roxbury |
State | MA |
Nickname | Bay State BBC |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Boston Journal, April 18, 1867: headline "Roxbury Base Ball." Announces the annual meeting of the Bay State BBC of Roxbury.
Roxbury MA (1860 pop. about 25,000, the 34th largest US city then ) is about 3.5 miles SW of downtown Boston.
Sources
Boston Journal, April 18, 1867