Early baseball in Indiana/Club 2

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Location	Indiana
Year	1872
Note on date	"Early 1870s"
City	Vincennes
State	IN
Country	US
Nickname	Excelsior
Found by	Larry McCray

"The first base ball club of prominence in Vincennes was organized in the early seventies, and Charley Jones, who was one of the best players in the Cincinnati team in after years, was a member.

Note: The author does not assert that this was the initial Vincennes club.

Vincennes is in the southwest corner of IN, about 120 miles SW of Indianapolis and 150 milies E of St. Louis.