Early baseball in Massachusetts/Club 41
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Location | Massachusetts |
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Year | 1868 |
City | East Hampton |
State | MA |
Nickname | Williston BBC, Active BBC |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Spalding Scrapbook, NYPL, has an 1868 article listing five games played by the Williston BBC of East Hampton in 1868, against the Active of East Hampton, the Union of West Hampton, and the Woronoco of Westfield.
Sources
The Spalding Scrapbook, NYPL,