Early baseball in Mississippi/Club 4

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Location	Mississippi
Year	1870
Modern address	Canton MS
City	Canton
State	MS
Nickname	Pelican
Found by	Bruce Allardice

William D. McCain’s The Story of Jackson (1953), asserts that the Capital Base Ball Club was formed here in 1866. In 1870 the Lone Star and the Capital played the Pelican club of nearby Canton.

Canton MS (pop. about 13,000)is about 20 miles N of Jackson.

Sources

William D. McCain’s The Story of Jackson (1953)