Early baseball in Ohio/Club 12

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Location	Ohio
Year	1867
Month	7
Date	20
City	Chardon
State	OH
Country	US
Nickname	Lightfoot
Found by	Larry McCray

Chardon was "the local epicenter for the baseball epidemic of 1867." They played seven reported games that summer.

James M. Egan, Jr., Base Ball On the Western Reserve (McFarland, 2008), page 11.

Chardon is about 25 miles E of Cleveland.