Early baseball in Connecticut/Club 17

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Location	Connecticut
Year	1865
City	Bridgeport
State	CT
Nickname	American, Business College
Found by	Bruce Allardice

Peter Morris et al., editors, "Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870" has a section on the early Bridgeport teams. It mentions 1865 Bridgeport teams named the American BBC, Stars BBC, Excelsior BBC, and the Business College BBC. The first and fourth played match games that year. Through 1866 some 26 local area teams are mentioned in the newspapers.

Sources

Peter Morris et al., editors, "Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870", pp. 32-33.