Early baseball in Kentucky/Club 5
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- | |Sources=Cincinnati Daily Commercial, | + | |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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+ | Dayton KY is across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. | ||
+ | |Sources=Cincinnati Daily Commercial, 21 August 1870 | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:18, 25 October 2012
Spread of baseball: Home -> Kentucky -> Early baseball in Kentucky/Club 5 |
Location | Kentucky |
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Year | 1859 |
City | Dayton |
State | KY |
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."
Dayton KY is across the Ohio River from Cincinnati.
Sources
Cincinnati Daily Commercial, 21 August 1870