Early baseball in Michigan/Club 20
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Location | Michigan |
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Year | 1861 |
Modern address | Marshall MI |
City | Marshall |
State | MI |
Country | US |
Nickname | Pastime Club of Marshall |
Found by | Peter Morris |
The Pastime Club of Marshall is the first club in Calhoun County as listed in Peter Morris' Baseball Fever. The Red, White and Blue Club is also listed.
Marshall MI (current pop. about 7,500) is about 100 miles W of Detroit and about 35 miles E of Kalamazoo.
Sources
Peter Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (U of Michigan Press, 2003), page 366.