Early baseball in Massachusetts/Club 39

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Location Massachusetts
Year 1866
City Walpole
State MA
Nickname Rough & Ready
Found by Bruce Allardice

The Boston Herald, Aug. 27, 1866 reports that the Winthrop of Boston beat the Rough & Ready of Walpole 83 to 21 on the Common, Sunday, Aug. 26th.

Walpole MA (1870 pop. about 2,100) is about 20 miles SW of Boston.

Sources

The Boston Herald, Aug. 27, 1866

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