Early baseball in New York (state)/Club 50
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| Location | New York (state) |
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| Year | 1860 |
| Month | 10 |
| Date | 15 |
| Note on date | No later than October 1860 |
| Modern address | Auburn NY |
| City | Auburn |
| State | NY |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Logan Club of Auburn |
The only known ref to the Logan Club of Auburn is in a Syracuse paper in October 1860.
The club did not play a game in this account, but hosted one in Auburn, which was is roughly half way between Syracuse and Union Springs NY, the homes of the contesting clubs.
The article also states that the Logan club put up $20 for the winner of the game that day. As far as we know, this is a unique event in early CNY base ball.
The baseball clippings collection of the Onondaga Hist. Assn. reveals no games played by the Logan Club, tho' Auburn clubs played games after the war.
Auburn NY is about 25 miles WSW of Syracuse. It is interesting but irrelevant to mention that Auburn was the home of Abner Doubleday, of Civil War note, and of William Seward, who, as Lincoln's Secretary of State, brought Alaska into the American sphere of influence. Auburn's population in 1860 was about 11,000.
Sources
Syracuse Journal, October 15, 1860.
