Early baseball in West Virginia/Club 13
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Revision as of 02:00, 16 October 2012
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Location | West Virginia |
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Year | 1866 |
City | Parkersburg |
State | West Virginia |
Nickname | Olympic, Blennerhassett |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000" p. 10 says that in 1866 residents of Parkersburg formed the Olympic BBC and the Blennerhassett BBC.
Parkersburg WV is about 90 miles SW of Wheeling.
Sources
William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000"