Early baseball in Virginia/Club 8

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Location Virginia
Year 1874
Month 5
Modern address Bristol VA
City Bristol
State VA
Found by Bruce Allardice

The Bristol News, May 5, 1874, reports that “the young ladies of Sullin’s College were present last Saturday to witness a game of base ball by the B.B.B.C.”

Bristol is a town split by the VA/TN border, with a current population of about 18,000. Sullins College was in Bristol until it closed in 1976.

Sources

Bristol News, May 5, 1874

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