Early baseball in Hawaii/Club 2

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Location	Hawaii
Year	1880
City	Honolulu
State	Hawaii
Nickname	Alaska, Honolulu
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Hawaii Gazette, Oct. 27, 1880, mentions the Honolulu BBC playing a nine of the USS Ticonderoga. The home team won, and the newspaper mentions that the landsmen usually best teams of out-of-practice visiting sailors. Same Nov. 10, 1880 mentions the Alaska BBC playing the "Town" (presumably, Honolulu) BBC.

Sources

The Hawaii Gazette, Oct. 27, 1880, Nov. 10, 1880.