Early baseball in Virginia/Club 26

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Location	Virginia
Year	1872
Modern address	Winchester VA
City	Winchester
State	VA
Found by	Bruce Allardice

“The first game of the base-ball season was played in Winchester on Saturday, the 23rd.” Alexandria Daily State Journal, March 29, 1872.

Wibchester VA (1870 pop. about 4500) is about 70 miles NW of Washington DC.

Sources

Alexandria Daily State Journal, March 29, 1872