Early baseball in Ohio/Club 8
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Location | Ohio |
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Year | 1866 |
City | Mansfield |
State | OH |
Country | US |
Nickname | Mansfield Base Ball Club |
"[T]he Mansfield Base Ball Club [was] formed [in 1866]. The following year, the Mansfield Base Ball Club became the Independents of Mansfield."
James M. Egan, Jr., Base Ball on the Western Reserve (McFarland, 2008), page 6. The source appears to be the Mansfield Herald from August 8 and September 5 and 12, 1866. Mansfield OH is about 65 miles SW of Cleveland.