Early baseball in Kansas/Club 8

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Location	Kansas
Year	1874
City	Wichita
State	Kansas
Found by	Bruce Allardice

Bob Rives' "Baseball in Wichita," pages 11-12, note that baseball reached the newly incorporated Wichita in 1874, citing the Wichita Beacon of that year as saying "The base ball mania has reached us." The book gives further 1874-75 newspaper excerpts commenting on the uniforms of the new club.

Sources

Bob Rives, "Baseball in Wichita," pages 11-12