Early baseball in Michigan/Club 7
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| Location | Michigan |
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| Year | 1867 |
| Note on date | no later than September 1867 |
| Modern address | Plymouth MI |
| City | Plymouth |
| State | MI |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Red Rover |
| Found by | lem |
An online account of the club later known as the Eclipse BBC in southeast Michigan, reports that that the["Northville"] club, soon after its foundation, played the "Red Rovers," of Plymouth MI, winning 37-12.
Plymouth MI is about 25 miles W of Detroit.
Sources
The Northville/Eclipse club history is at http://eclipsebbc.com. It cites and shows a report of the Northville-Red Rovers game from the Detroit Advertiser and Tribune of 10/3/1867.
