Early baseball in New York (state)/Club 60
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Location | New York (state) |
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Year | 1860 |
Note on date | No Later than September 1860 |
City | Waterford |
State | NY |
Country | US |
Nickname | Union Club |
Found by | Peter Morris |
Members of the Union Club of Waterford reportedly attended a game between the Victory Club of Troy and the Albany Club in 1860.
Waterford NY is about 10 miles N of Albany.
Sources
Peter Morris, "Victory Club of Troy," Baseball Pioneers (McFarland, 2012), page 50.