Early baseball in Virginia/Club 25
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| + | |Modern-address=Suffolk VA | ||
|City=Suffolk | |City=Suffolk | ||
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|Submitter=Bruce Allardice | |Submitter=Bruce Allardice | ||
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|Pagetext=The Richmond Whig, May 26, 1871, reports that “Suffolk, like almost every other town, has its base-ball club, numbering twenty-three members." | |Pagetext=The Richmond Whig, May 26, 1871, reports that “Suffolk, like almost every other town, has its base-ball club, numbering twenty-three members." | ||
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| + | Suffolk VA (current pop. about 85,000) is about 80 miles SE of Richmond and about 25 miles SW of Norfolk. | ||
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|Sources=Richmond Whig, May 26, 1871 | |Sources=Richmond Whig, May 26, 1871 | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:01, 4 September 2012
| Spread of baseball: Home -> Virginia -> Early baseball in Virginia/Club 25 |
| Location | Virginia |
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| Year | 1871 |
| Modern address | Suffolk VA |
| City | Suffolk |
| State | VA |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Richmond Whig, May 26, 1871, reports that “Suffolk, like almost every other town, has its base-ball club, numbering twenty-three members."
Suffolk VA (current pop. about 85,000) is about 80 miles SE of Richmond and about 25 miles SW of Norfolk.
Sources
Richmond Whig, May 26, 1871
