Early baseball in Michigan/Club 46
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| Location | Michigan |
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| Year | 1867 |
| Modern address | Grand Haven MI |
| City | Grand Haven |
| State | MI |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Syskowits Club of Grand Haven |
| Found by | Peter Morris |
The Syskowits Cllub is listed as the first club in Ottawa County in Peter Morris' Baseball Fever (2003).
Grand Haven MI (1870 pop. about 3,150) is on Lake Michigan about 180 miles W of Detroit and about 30 miles W of Grand Rapids.
Sources
Peter Morris, Baseball Fever: Early Baseball in Michigan (U of Michigan Press, 2003), page 367.
