Early baseball in Pennsylvania/Club 23
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{{Origins-club | {{Origins-club | ||
|Location=Pennsylvania | |Location=Pennsylvania | ||
| - | |Year= | + | |Year=1865 |
| - | |Date-note=No Later than | + | |Month=5 |
| + | |Date-note=No Later than May 1865 | ||
|City=Wilkes-Barre | |City=Wilkes-Barre | ||
|State=PA | |State=PA | ||
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|First=No | |First=No | ||
|Approved=Yes | |Approved=Yes | ||
| + | |Pagetext=The Susquehanna Club of Wilkes-Barre PA is listed in Peverelly [1866]. It may well have formed earlier. | ||
| - | + | In fact, a 1915 newspaper account of the May 1865 birth of Scranton PA's Wyoming BBC [see separate entry] mentions that that club's first opponent was the Susquehanna Club of nearby Wilkes-Barre PA. No further detail appear. | |
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| + | The The Spalding Scrapbook, NYPL, has a clipping citing the Luzerne Union of Wilkes-barre, Aug. 30, 1865, reporting an Aug. 26th game between the two nines of the Susquehanna BBC. Colonel James Rutter was one of the players. | ||
| + | |Sources=A account of Scranton club founder James Linen's base ball career is found at http://thenewyorkclipper.com/james-linen-n-things. That account cites an interview of Linen appearing in the June 6, 1915 issue of the Elmira NY Morning Telegram. | ||
| + | The Spalding Scrapbook, NYPL. | ||
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 17:52, 6 December 2012
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| Location | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Year | 1865 |
| Month | 5 |
| Note on date | No Later than May 1865 |
| City | Wilkes-Barre |
| State | PA |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Susquehanna |
The Susquehanna Club of Wilkes-Barre PA is listed in Peverelly [1866]. It may well have formed earlier.
In fact, a 1915 newspaper account of the May 1865 birth of Scranton PA's Wyoming BBC [see separate entry] mentions that that club's first opponent was the Susquehanna Club of nearby Wilkes-Barre PA. No further detail appear.
The The Spalding Scrapbook, NYPL, has a clipping citing the Luzerne Union of Wilkes-barre, Aug. 30, 1865, reporting an Aug. 26th game between the two nines of the Susquehanna BBC. Colonel James Rutter was one of the players.
Sources
A account of Scranton club founder James Linen's base ball career is found at http://thenewyorkclipper.com/james-linen-n-things. That account cites an interview of Linen appearing in the June 6, 1915 issue of the Elmira NY Morning Telegram. The Spalding Scrapbook, NYPL.
