Early baseball in Ohio/Club 18

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Location	Ohio
Year	1866
Month	8
Note on date	No later than August 1866
City	Dayton
State	Ohio
Nickname	Buckeye BBC
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Fort Wayne (IN) Daily Gazette, Aug. 27, 1866, reports on a game in Fort Wayne between the Kekionga of Fort Wayne and the Enterprise club of Sidney, Ohio, umpired by Mr. Woodward of the Buckeye Base Ball Club of Dayton, Ohio.

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Fort Wayne (IN) Daily Gazette, Aug. 27, 1866