Early baseball in Wisconsin/Club 2

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Location	Wisconsin
Year	1867
Note on date	Date is Uncertain
City	Appleton
State	WI
Country	US
Nickname	Congress Base-Ball Club

John Faville, a member of the Class of 1871 at Lawrence College in Appleton WI, is described as "catcher of the 'Congress Base-ball Club,' first base-ball club organized at Lawrence University.^[1]

Appleton is in Eastern WI, is about 90 miles N of Milwaukee.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Alumni Record 1857-1915. Lawrence College, 1915.