Early baseball in Pennsylvania/Club 41
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| Location | Pennsylvania |
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| Year | 1866 |
| Month | 8 |
| Note on date | No later than August 1866 |
| City | Hanover |
| State | PA |
| Nickname | Young America |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Gettysburg "Adams Sentinel" Aug. 7, 1866, says there was a game at New Oxford Aug. 4, Young America of Hanover 16, Juvenile of New Oxford 17.
Hanover PA (1870 pop. about 1,800)is about 35 miles S of Harrisburg and 8 miles N of the MD border.
Sources
Gettysburg "Adams Sentinel" Aug. 7, 1866
