Early baseball in Hawaii/Club 2
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| Location | Hawaii |
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| Year | 1880 |
| Month | 10 |
| Modern address | Honolulu HI |
| City | Honolulu |
| State | HI |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Alaska, Honolulu |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Hawaii Gazette, Oct. 27, 1880, mentions the Honolulu BBC playing a nine of the USS Ticonderoga. The home team won, and the newspaper mentions that the landsmen usually best teams of out-of-practice visiting sailors. Same Nov. 10, 1880 mentions the Alaska BBC playing the "Town" (presumably, Honolulu) BBC.
Sources
The Hawaii Gazette, Oct. 27, 1880, Nov. 10, 1880.
