Early baseball in Maine/Club 10
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Location | Maine |
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Year | 1864 |
Note on date | May have been 1865 |
City | Paris Hill |
State | ME |
Country | US |
Nickname | Paris Hill Academy |
Found by | Peter Morris |
Paris Hill Academy played the modern game in 1865, evidently playing the Resolutes, another club at the school.
Sources
Percival Parris, "Oxford County Baseball in 1865," Norway (ME), Advertiser Democrat, April 13, 1945, as cited in Peter Morris, "The Pennsseewassees of Norway, Maine," Baseball Pioneers (McFarland, 2012), pp. 9-10.