Early baseball in Massachusetts/Club 23

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Location	Massachusetts
Year	1860
Month	5
Date	22
City	Salem
State	Massachusetts
Nickname	Webster
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Salem Register, May 24, 1860, says the Webster BBC of Salem was formed May 22 "by several young men of this city," under "the New England method of playing this game."

Sources

Salem Register, May 24, 1860