Early baseball in Alaska/Club 14
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| Location | Alaska |
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| Year | 1909 |
| City | Valdez |
| State | AK |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Juneau "Daily Alaska Dispatch" January 12, 1909: "Valdez has also suffered from an attack of baseball fever..." The baseball team evidently created a ball diamond last year, and are now raising funds to improve it. Same March 31, 191: "The Valdez baseball team has reorganized..."
Valdez AK (1910 pop. about 800) is about 150 miles E of Anchorage.
Sources
The Juneau "Daily Alaska Dispatch" January 12, 1909
