Early baseball in Ohio/Club 6
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Location | Ohio |
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Year | 1868 |
Note on date | Fall 1868 |
City | Northwood |
State | OH |
Country | US |
Nickname | Geneva College |
"In the spring of 1868, the first base ball club was organized at Geneva College"
W. Glasgow, The Geneva Book (Westbrook, Philadelphia, 1908), page 155.
Northwood is in western OH and aobut 55 miles NW of Columbus. Geneva College, founded in 1848, was in Northwood until 1880, wqhen it moved to Beaver Falls PA.