Early baseball in Ohio/Club 7
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Location | Ohio |
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Year | 1866 |
City | Mansfield |
State | OH |
Country | US |
Nickname | Exercise Base Ball Club |
Found by | Larry McCray |
"In Mansfield Ohio, the Exercise Base Ball Club . . . [was] formed."
James M. Egan, Jr, Base Ball on the Western Reserve (McFarland, 2008), page 6. the source appears to be the Mansfield Herald from August 8 and September 5 and 12, 1866. Mansfield OH is about 65 miles SW of Cleveland.