Early baseball in Virginia/Club 20

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Location Virginia
Year 1878
Month 6
Modern address Louisa VA
City Louisa Court House
State VA
Nickname Star
Found by Bruce Allardice

“Letter from Louisa [June 6] …A match game of base ball took place here last Saturday afternoon between a club in this county and the Gordonsville club, the latter being victorious. The Star club of this town was beaten not long since by the Gordonsville club.” Petersburg Index Appeal, June 10, 1878.

Louisa VA (current pop. about 1,400) is about 14 miles SE of Gordonsville. Gordonsville VA (current pop. about 1,500) is about 20 miles NE of Charlottesville VA.

Sources

Petersburg Index Appeal, June 10, 1878

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