Early baseball in Virginia/Club 9

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Location Virginia
Year 1866
Month 4
Date 14
Modern address Charlottesville VA
City Charlottesville
State VA
Nickname Monticello
Found by Bruce Allardice

Students at the University of Virginia organized a baseball club there soon after the war. The Monticello’s of the university played the Excelsiors of Staunton June 1, 1866 at Charlottesville, winning 42-5. Valley Vindicator, June 8, 1866. According to the Spalding Scrapbook, NYPL, the Monticello club of the UVA sprange into existence April 14, 1866, citing the NY Mercury, Dec. 30, 1866, article titled "The Baseball Season of 1866."

Charlottesville VA (current pop. 43,500)is about 70 miles NW of Richmond.

Staunton VA (current pop. about 24,000) is about 35 miles W of Charlottesville.

Sources

Valley Vindicator, June 8, 1866. The Spalding Scrapbook, NYPL,

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