Early baseball in Michigan/Club 18
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| Location | Michigan |
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| Year | 1863 |
| Modern address | Niles MI |
| City | Niles |
| State | MI |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Monitor Club |
| Found by | Peter Morris |
The Monitor Club of Niles MI is the first club found in Berrian County MI in Peter Morris' Baseball Fever.
Niles MI (current pop. about 11,500) is in SW Michigan about 175 miles W of Detroit and about 10 miles N of South Bend IN.
