Early baseball in Massachusetts/Club 21
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{{Origins-club | {{Origins-club | ||
|Location=Massachusetts | |Location=Massachusetts | ||
| - | |Year= | + | |Year=1858 |
|City=Roxbury | |City=Roxbury | ||
|State=MA | |State=MA | ||
| - | |Nickname=Bay State BBC | + | |Nickname=Warren, Bay State BBC |
|Submitter=Bruce Allardice | |Submitter=Bruce Allardice | ||
|First=No | |First=No | ||
|Approved=Yes | |Approved=Yes | ||
| - | |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 Evening Transcript, Sept. 22, 1858, reports that the Olympic of Boston will play the Warren of Roxbury Friday (Sept. 24th) "upon the latter's ground, near Way's Woods, Roxbury..." |
| + | 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. | 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=The Boston Evening Transcript, Sept. 22, 1858; Boston Journal, April 18, 1867 |
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 13:18, 25 September 2012
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| Location | Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| Year | 1858 |
| City | Roxbury |
| State | MA |
| Nickname | Warren, Bay State BBC |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Boston Evening Transcript, Sept. 22, 1858, reports that the Olympic of Boston will play the Warren of Roxbury Friday (Sept. 24th) "upon the latter's ground, near Way's Woods, Roxbury..." 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
The Boston Evening Transcript, Sept. 22, 1858; Boston Journal, April 18, 1867
