Early baseball in Pennsylvania/Club 37
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| Location | Pennsylvania |
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| Year | 1868 |
| Month | 6 |
| Note on date | No later than June 1868 |
| City | Lancaster |
| State | PA |
| Nickname | Champion |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Lancaster Father Abraham, June 12, 1868, reports that the Champion BBC of Lancaster lost to the Mutuals of Columbia, in Columbia, 28 to 16 on June 6th.
Lancaster PA (1870 pop. about 20,000) is about 65 miles W of Philadelphia in southeast PA.
Sources
The Lancaster Father Abraham, June 12, 1868
