Early baseball in Pennsylvania/Club 36
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| Location | Pennsylvania |
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| Year | 1867 |
| Month | 6 |
| Note on date | No later than June 1867 |
| City | Shamokin |
| State | PA |
| Nickname | Anthracite |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
the Sunbury American, June 1, 1867, says the Independent of Sunbury played the Anthracite BBC of Shamokin "last Saturday."
Shamokin PA (1870 pop. about 4,300) is about 110 miles NW of Philadelphia in north central PA.
Sources
Sunbury American, June 1, 1867
