Early baseball in Pennsylvania/Club 28

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Location Pennsylvania
Year 1866
City Shippensburg
State PA
Nickname Whangdoodle
Found by Bruce Allardice

The Harrisburg Patriot, Oct. 18, 1866 has a long article on the state baseball convention. Among the teams sending delegates was the Whangdoodle BBC of Shippensburg.

Shippensburg PA (1900 pop. about 3,200) is about 30 miles N of Hagerstown MD in southern PA.

Sources

Harrisburg Patriot, Oct. 18, 1866

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