Early baseball in West Virginia/Club 1
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Location | West Virginia |
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Year | 1865 |
Month | 11 |
City | Wheeling |
State | WV |
Country | US |
Nickname | Star, Anchor, Hunkidori |
First in West Virginia | Yes |
William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000", p. 7, says that in Nov. 1865 the Star and Anchor teams formed in Wheeling. The Hunkidoris organized in 1866. The Hunkidori Club of Wheeling WV is listed in Peverelly [1866]. It may well have formed earlier.
Sources
Peverelly, page 120.
William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000"