Early baseball in Illinois/Club 8
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| Location | Illinois |
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| Year | 1867 |
| Note on date | year is surmised |
| City | Lebanon |
| State | IL |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | McKendree College |
"He (Augustus Charles Bernays) was fond of outdoor sports and joined the first base ball club organized at McKendree College."
The College is at Lebanon, Illinois, which is about 25 miles east of St. Louis, MO. Bernays Bernays entered "the preparatory department" of the College in September 1866 at age 12.
Sources
Thekla Bernays, Augustus Charles Bernays: A Memoir (C. V. Mosby Co., St Louis), 1912, page 50.
