Early baseball in New York (state)/Club 72

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Location	New York (state)
Year	1858
Month	8
Date	16
City	Rochester
State	NY
Country	US
Nickname	Lone Stat BBC
Found by	Priscilla Astifan

The Lone Star Club of Rochester was announced in August 1858. It won the city championship in 1859 and, undefeated, played the Niagara Club of Buffalo for the championship of Western New York state in`September. The Rochester club prevailed, 32-10.

Sources

Priscilla Astifan, "The [Rochester] Lone Star Club," in Peter Morris, et. al., Base Ball Pioneers (McFarland, 2012), page 98.