Early baseball in Kentucky/Club 5
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|Nickname=unnamed club | |Nickname=unnamed club | ||
|Submitter=Greg Perkins | |Submitter=Greg Perkins | ||
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| + | |Pagetext="The neighboring town of Dayton, Kentucky, deserves whatever of credit is due to our efforts in starting base ball. That small town had a club, and feeling that their practice, indulged for several years, would enable them to gain celebrity at a small risk, published a challenge in 1859, to any club within a hundred miles." | ||
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| + | Cincinnati Daily Commercial, 21 August 1870 | ||
|Sources=Cincinnati Daily Commercial, 21 August 1870 | |Sources=Cincinnati Daily Commercial, 21 August 1870 | ||
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| Location | Kentucky |
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| Year | 1859 |
| City | Dayton |
| State | Kentucky |
| Nickname | unnamed club |
| Found by | Greg Perkins |
"The neighboring town of Dayton, Kentucky, deserves whatever of credit is due to our efforts in starting base ball. That small town had a club, and feeling that their practice, indulged for several years, would enable them to gain celebrity at a small risk, published a challenge in 1859, to any club within a hundred miles."
Cincinnati Daily Commercial, 21 August 1870
Sources
Cincinnati Daily Commercial, 21 August 1870
