Early baseball in Connecticut/Club 18
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Location | Connecticut |
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Year | 1866 |
Month | 6 |
Date | 18 |
City | Stratford |
State | CT |
Nickname | Osceola |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
Peter Morris et al., editors, "Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870", p. 34, mentions that the Osceola BBC of Stratford was organized June 18, 1866. The Tigers of the same town were organized Aug. 10, 1866.
Stratford CT (1870 pop. about 3,000)is about 15 miles W of New Haven.
Sources
Peter Morris et al., editors, "Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870", p. 34.