Early baseball in Kentucky/Club 12
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|Pagetext=The Hartford Herald, Aug. 4, 1875: "The Omega colored club of Hartford challenged our base ball players for a game for five dollars, but they, not feeling disposed to recognize the civil rights bill... decline." | |Pagetext=The Hartford Herald, Aug. 4, 1875: "The Omega colored club of Hartford challenged our base ball players for a game for five dollars, but they, not feeling disposed to recognize the civil rights bill... decline." | ||
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| + | Hartford KY (current pop. about 2,500) is about 95 miles SW of Louisville. | ||
|Sources=The Hartford "Herald", Aug. 4, 1875 | |Sources=The Hartford "Herald", Aug. 4, 1875 | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:57, 25 October 2012
| Spread of baseball: Home -> Kentucky -> Early baseball in Kentucky/Club 12 |
| Location | Kentucky |
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| Year | 1875 |
| City | Hartford |
| State | KY |
| Nickname | Omega |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Hartford Herald, Aug. 4, 1875: "The Omega colored club of Hartford challenged our base ball players for a game for five dollars, but they, not feeling disposed to recognize the civil rights bill... decline."
Hartford KY (current pop. about 2,500) is about 95 miles SW of Louisville.
Sources
The Hartford "Herald", Aug. 4, 1875
