Early baseball in Virginia/Club 15
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Location | Virginia |
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Year | 1867 |
Month | 5 |
Modern address | Lynchburg VA |
City | Lynchburg |
State | VA |
Nickname | Hill City |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
A Hill City Base Ball Club formed in Lynchburg in May of 1867. On June 3, this club defeated a team from nearby Bellvue 94-26. See, generally, W. Harrison Daniel, “The Rage in the Hill City: The Beginnings of Baseball in Lynchburg,” Virginia Cavalcade, Spring 1979.
Lynchburg VA (current pop. about 75,000)is about 100 miles W of Ricmond, which has a neighborhood called Bellevue.
Sources
W. Harrison Daniel, “The Rage in the Hill City: The Beginnings of Baseball in Lynchburg,” Virginia Cavalcade, Spring 1979.