Early baseball in Louisiana/Club 12

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Location	Louisiana
Year	1878
Modern address	Pointe Coupee
City	Pointe Coupee
State	LA
Nickname	Waterloo
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The New Orleans Times-Picayune, June 20, 1878, says “seven base ball clubs have been organized in Pointe Coupee Parish. In other respects the parish is doing well.” One of these was the Waterloo club of Pointe Coupee, which lost to St. Francisville 31-17 on June 23, 1878 at Bayou Sara. See Feliciana Sentinel, June 29, 1878.

Poinnte Coupee LA (pop. about 23,000) is about 35 miles W of Baton Rouge.

Sources

New Orleans Times-Picayune, June 20, 1878; Feliciana Sentinel, June 29, 1878