Early baseball in New York (state)/Club 42

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Location New York (state)
Year 1859
Month 8
Date 23
Note on date No later than August 1859
Modern address Lockport NY
City Lockport
State NY
Country US
Nickname Paunches Pilot BBC

"There has been a base ball club organized in Lockport, of fat men -- none weighing less than three hundred being admitted."

Sources

Syracuse Standard, August 23, 1859

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