Early baseball in Louisiana/Club 17

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Location	Louisiana
Year	1893
City	Pillette
State	LA
Nickname	Stonewall
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The LaFayette Gazette Sept. 23, 1893: "Base Ball. The Lafayette Favorite is the name of a base-ball club recently organized in Lafayette...." It is to play the Stonewalls of Pillette "tomorrow evening."

Sources

The LaFayette Gazette Sept. 23, 1893