Early baseball in New York (state)/Club 42
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Location | New York (state) |
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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