Early baseball in Ohio/Club 3

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|Year=1861
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|City=Ravenna
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|Submitter=Larry McCray
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From Protoball Entry #1861.13 – Modern Game Comes to the Eastern OH Town
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“The Portage County Democrat reported in its April 10, 1861 edition, ‘The young men of Ravenna have organized a base ball club . . . .’ But again, their games were intra club affairs.”
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John Husman, “Ohio’s First Baseball Game,” Presented at the SABR Convention, July 16, 2004, page 5.  Ravenna OH is about 35 miles SE of Cleveland in eastern Ohio.
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Query: Are there clues as to whether this club played by Association rules?

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Location Ohio
Year 1861
Month 4
City Ravenna
State OH
Country US
Found by Larry McCray



From Protoball Entry #1861.13 – Modern Game Comes to the Eastern OH Town

“The Portage County Democrat reported in its April 10, 1861 edition, ‘The young men of Ravenna have organized a base ball club . . . .’ But again, their games were intra club affairs.”

John Husman, “Ohio’s First Baseball Game,” Presented at the SABR Convention, July 16, 2004, page 5. Ravenna OH is about 35 miles SE of Cleveland in eastern Ohio.

Query: Are there clues as to whether this club played by Association rules?