Early baseball in Missouri/Club 17
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Location | Missouri |
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Year | 1875 |
City | Mechanicsville |
State | MO |
Nickname | Hamburgs |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The St. Louis Globe Democrat, Aug. 11, 1875 mentions the Brown Sox of St. Charles beating the "Hamburgs" at Mechanicsville.
Mechanicsville is in St. Charles County.
Sources
The St. Louis Globe Democrat, Aug. 11, 1875