Early baseball in Tennessee/Club 30

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Location	Tennessee
Year	1867
City	Chattanooga
State	TN
Nickname	Lightbodies

In a Nashville Union and Dispatch article dated May 3, 1867 about a state convention of base ball players, the Lightbodies Club is mentioned.

Chattanooga, pop. in 1870 was about 6,000.

Sources

Nashville Union and Dispatch - May 3, 1867