Early baseball in Ohio/Club 8
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Location | Ohio |
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Year | 1866 |
Modern address | Mansfield OH |
City | Mansfield |
State | OH |
Country | US |
Nickname | Mansfield Base Ball Club |
"[T]he Mansfield Base Ball Club [was] formed [in 1866]. The following year, the Mansfield Base Ball Club became the Independents of Mansfield."
Mansfield OH (1860 pop. about 4,500; 1870 pop. about 8,000) is about 65 miles SW of Cleveland.
Sources
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.