Early baseball in New York (state)/Club 5
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Location | New York (state) |
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Year | 1858 |
City | Rochester |
State | NY |
Country | US |
Nickname | Flour Citys |
From Protoball Entry #1858.27 – Flour Citys First Base Ball Club in Rochester
Rochester Union and Advertiser, March 28, 1903. Submitted by Priscilla Astifan, December 2006.
Note: A claim that the Live Oaks, or the Olympics, preceded the Flour Citys appears in an 1855 listing above.
The Flour City Club is listed as an NABBP member in 1861. M. Wright, The NABBP, page 63.