Athletics Club of Painesville

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Nick Name Athletics
Earliest Known Date 1866
Location Painesville, OH, United States
Description

The Painesville Athletics are known to have played Ashtabula in September 1866, and its second nine played the local high schoolers.

The Cleveland Daily Leader, June 30, 1866 reports that Painesville recently organized a base ball club.

James M. Egan, Jr., Base Ball On the Western Reserve (McFarland, 2008), page 7. The source may be the Painesville Telegraph.

Painesville OH (1860 pop. about 2,600; 1870 pop. about 3,728)is about 30 miles NE of Cleveland near Lake Erie.

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The Cleveland Daily Leader, June 30, 1866

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Painesville, OH
Entry Origin Sabrpedia

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