Early baseball in Pennsylvania/Club 1

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Location Pennsylvania
Year 1859
Note on date Year is conjecture
City Philadelphia
State PA
Country US

From Protoball Entry #1850s.18 – Baseball's Beginnings at U Penn?

"Baseball was first played by Penn students before the Civil War when the University was still located at its Ninth Street campus. The game was probably played casually by students in the 1850s."

http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/sports/baseball/1800s/hist1.html, as accessed 1/3/2008. No reference is supplied.


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