Early baseball in Massachusetts/Club 21
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|Pagetext=The Boston Journal, April 18, 1867: headline "Roxbury Base Ball." Announces the annual meeting of the Bay State BBC of Roxbury. | |Pagetext=The Boston Journal, April 18, 1867: headline "Roxbury Base Ball." Announces the annual meeting of the Bay State BBC of Roxbury. | ||
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| + | Roxbury MA (1860 pop. about 25,000, the 34th largest US city then ) is about 3.5 miles SW of downtown Boston. | ||
|Sources=Boston Journal, April 18, 1867 | |Sources=Boston Journal, April 18, 1867 | ||
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| Location | Massachusetts |
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| Year | 1867 |
| City | Roxbury |
| State | MA |
| Nickname | Bay State BBC |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Boston Journal, April 18, 1867: headline "Roxbury Base Ball." Announces the annual meeting of the Bay State BBC of Roxbury.
Roxbury MA (1860 pop. about 25,000, the 34th largest US city then ) is about 3.5 miles SW of downtown Boston.
Sources
Boston Journal, April 18, 1867
