Early baseball in California/Club 8
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| Location | California |
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| Year | 1871 |
| Month | 10 |
| City | Vallejo |
| State | CA |
| Nickname | Kearsarge |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin Oct. 9, 1871, mentions the Vallejo base ball club. Same Oct. 8, 1872 says the Kearsarges of Vallejo beat the Grizzlies of Oakland 50 to 21 on "Saturday last."
Vallejo CA (1880 pop. about 6,000) is about 20 miles NE of San Francisco.
Sources
The San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin Oct. 9, 1871.
