Early baseball in Ohio/Club 28
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| Location | Ohio |
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| Year | 1868 |
| Month | 10 |
| Modern address | Yellow Springs OH |
| City | Yellow Springs |
| State | OH |
| Nickname | Antioch |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
Cincinnati Daily Gazette, Oct. 1, 1868, article on the meeting of the state baseball association, mentions the Antioch of Yellow Springs.
(Antioch College, presumably?)
Yellow Springs (current pop. about 3,500) is in SW Ohio and about 15 miles E of Dayton.
Sources
Cincinnati Daily Gazette, Oct. 1, 1868
