Early baseball in West Virginia/Club 5
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| Location | West Virginia |
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| Year | 1868 |
| Modern address | Morgantown WV |
| City | Morgantown (U. of WVa) |
| State | WV |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000", p. 13, says that students at the Agricultural College (soon to be the U of WV) started a baseball team in the Spring of 1868.
Wheeling Register, April 24, 1877: "Base Ball is freely indulged in at the University."
Morgantown WV (1870 pop about 800; 1880 pop. about 750) is about 15 miles from the PA border and 65 miles C of Pittsburgh PA.
Sources
William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000"; Wheeling Register, April 24, 1877
