Early baseball in Michigan/Club 52
From SABR Encyclopedia
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Location | Michigan |
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Year | 1868 |
Modern address | Centreville MI |
City | Centreville |
State | MI |
Country | US |
Nickname | Cass River Club of Centreville |
Found by | Peter Morris |
The Cass River Club of Centreville is te first club listed in Tuscola County MI in Peter Morris' Baseball Fever (2003). The Vassar Base Ball Club, Athletic Club of Vassar, and Star Club of Watrousville are als listed.
The village of Centreville MI (current pop. about 1,600) is about 140 miles W of Detroit and about 30 miles S of Kalamazoo MI.
Sources
Peter Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (U of Michigan Press, 2003), page 367.