Early baseball in Pennsylvania/Club 23
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|Month=5 | |Month=5 | ||
|Date-note=No Later than May 1865 | |Date-note=No Later than May 1865 | ||
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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. | 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. | |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. | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:52, 6 December 2012
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Location | Pennsylvania |
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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.