Early baseball in Texas/Club 41

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Location	Texas
Year	1873
Month	6
Date	16
Modern address	Belton TX
City	Belton
State	TX
Found by	Bruce Allardice

Galveston Tri-Weekly News, June 6, 1873, says the “boys of Waco and Belton” will have a match game of base ball at Waco on the 16th.

Belton TX is about 35 miles SW of Waco and 130 miles SW of Dallas.

Sources

Galveston Tri-Weekly News, June 6, 1873