Early baseball in Washington/Club 18
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Location | Washington |
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Year | 1872 |
Month | 7 |
Date | 11 |
Modern address | Seattle, Washington |
City | Seattle |
State | WA |
Country | USA |
Nickname | Dolly Varden Base Ball Club |
Found by | Mark Brunke |
BASE BALL'-The "Dolly Varden" Base Ball Club of Seattle has organized by the election of the following officers; President, W. G Jamieson; Vice President, Geo. D. Short; Secretary Edw. H. Brown; Treasurer, E. McD. Johnstone; Directors, Chas. Moore, R. Bonney and C. F. Edmunds; Captain, Chas. Moore.
Sources
Puget Sound Dispatch, July 11, 1872 It does not appear as if this club played any match games. Jamieson was previously President of the Olympic BBC in Victoria, British Columbia, and in 1877 he would be elected Secretary of the Seattle Alkis.