Early baseball in Maine/Club 11
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| Location | Maine |
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| Year | 1867 |
| Month | 5 |
| Date | 17 |
| City | Mechanic Falls |
| State | ME |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Fleetfoots |
| Found by | Peter Morris |
The Mechanic Falls club in May 1867 played the Norway Club, and lost.
Mechanic Falls (current pop. about 3,000) is about 10 miles W of Lewiston.
Sources
Peter Morris et. al., Base Ball Pioneers (McFarland, 2012), page 11.
