Early baseball in Ohio/Club 21

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Location	Ohio
Year	1867
Modern address	Canton OH
City	Canton
State	OH
Nickname	Stark
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Canton Repository, July 24, 1867, reports that the Stark Club of Canton played the Sippo of Massillon Friday last (the 19th).

Canton OH (1860 pop about 4,000; 1870 pop. about 8,600)is about 55 miles SE of Cleveland.

Sources

Canton Repository, July 24, 1867