Early baseball in Pennsylvania/Club 28
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| Location | Pennsylvania |
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| Year | 1866 |
| City | Shippensburg |
| State | PA |
| Nickname | Whangdoodle |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Harrisburg Patriot, Oct. 18, 1866 has a long article on the state baseball convention. Among the teams sending delegates was the Whangdoodle BBC of Shippensburg.
Shippensburg PA (1900 pop. about 3,200) is about 30 miles N of Hagerstown MD in southern PA.
Sources
Harrisburg Patriot, Oct. 18, 1866
