Early baseball in Ohio/Club 10
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| Location | Ohio |
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| Year | 1866 |
| Modern address | Painesville OH |
| City | Painesville |
| State | OH |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Athletics |
The Painesville Athletics are known to have played Ashtabula in September 1866, and its second nine played the local high schoolers.
James M. Egan, Jr., Base Ball On the Western Reserve (McFarland, 2008), page 7. The source may be the Painesville Telegraph.
Painesville OH (1860 pop. about 2,600; 1870 pop. about 3,728)is about 30 miles NE of Cleveland near Lake Erie.
Sources
James M. Egan, Jr., Base Ball On the Western Reserve (McFarland, 2008), page 7. The source may be the Painesville Telegraph.
