Early baseball in New York (state)/Club 72

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Location New York (state)
Year 1858
Month 8
Date 16
City Rochester
State NY
Country US
Nickname Lone Star BBC
Found by Priscilla Astifan

The Lone Star Club of Rochester was announced in August 1858. It won the city championship in 1860 in a July contest with the Live Oak Club. Undefeated, the club played the Niagara Club of Buffalo for the championship of Western New York state in`September. The Rochester club prevailed, 32-10.

Sources

Priscilla Astifan, "The [Rochester] Lone Star Club," in Peter Morris, et. al., Base Ball Pioneers (McFarland, 2012), page 98.

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