Early baseball in Massachusetts/Club 35
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Location | Massachusetts |
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Year | 1867 |
Month | 9 |
Note on date | No Later than September 1867 |
City | Fall River |
State | MA |
Nickname | American |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Boston Journal Sept. 19, 1867, mentions the Metacomet BBC of Taunton playing the American Club of Fall River.
Fall River (1870 pop. about 27,000) is about 50 miles S of Boston.
Sources
Boston Journal Sept. 19, 1867