Early baseball in Massachusetts/Club 37
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| Location | Massachusetts |
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| Year | 1867 |
| City | Lawrence |
| State | MA |
| Nickname | The Lawrence Club |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Lowell Daily Citizen July 5, 1867 says the Lawrence Club of Lawrence and the Clipper Club of Lowell "played a match game at the Fair Grounds yesterday."
Lawrence MA (1860 pop. about 18,000 -- 51st largest US city then) is about 25 miles N of Boston and near the NH state line.
Sources
Lowell Daily Citizen July 5, 1867
