Early baseball in Connecticut/Club 23
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Location | Connecticut |
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Year | 1866 |
City | Middletown |
State | CT |
Nickname | Mansfields |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
Peter Morris et al, editors, "Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870" has a section of this team.
Middletown CT (1870 pop. about 6,900) is about 15 miles S of Hartford.
Sources
Peter Morris et al, editors, "Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870," pages 26-32.