Early baseball in Pennsylvania/Club 29
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Location | Pennsylvania |
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Year | 1866 |
Month | 10 |
City | Williamsport |
State | PA |
Nickname | Williamsport |
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 Williamsport BBC of Williamsport.
Williamsport PA (1860 pop. about 5,500; 1870 pop. about 16,000) is about 80 miles W of Scranton in northern PA.
Sources
Harrisburg Patriot, Oct. 18, 1866