Early baseball in North Carolina/Club 2

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Location	North Carolina
Year	1867
Modern address	Chape Hill NC
City	Chapel Hill
State	NC
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The university fielded its first varsity team in 1867. In their first game, they routed an “all star” team from Raleigh 34-17.[UNC baseball website, http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/unc/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/Pages42-51.pdf.]

Chapel Hill NC (1880 pop. about 830) is about 30 miles NW of Raleigh.

Sources

UNC baseball website, http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/unc/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/Pages42-51.pdf.