Early baseball in New York (state)/Club 2

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Location	New York (state)
Year	1859
Month	5
Date	2
Note on date	No later than May 2
City	Syracuse
State	NY
Country	U
Nickname	Salt Point Base Bll Club

The Salt Point BBC was formed of players in the the First Ward of Syracuse, and officeres elected.

It was evidently the second Syracuse club formed, after the Syracuse BBC.

In the baseball clippings collection of the Onondaga Historical Assn, we find 2 1859 games played by Salt Point.

Sources

Syracuse Standard, May 2, 1859.