Early baseball in Texas/Club 22

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Location	Texas
Year	1861
Month	4
Date	11
City	Houston
State	Texas
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Houston Base Ball Club was formed April 11, 1861, the day before the firing on Fort Sumter.[Houston Weekly Telegraph, April 11, 1861]

Sources

Houston Weekly Telegraph, April 11, 1861