Capital Club of Columbus

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Nick Name	Capital
Earliest Known Date	Thursday, April 5, 1866
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Location	Columbus, OH, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	Tootle, "Baseball in Columbus" pp. 10-11 says the Capital Base Ball Club was organized April 5, 1866, with James Comly (editor of the Ohio State Journal) as club president. They played an intersquad game April 14, 1866 at the corner of Cleveland Ave. and Long St., where the current Columbus College of Art and Design sits. In 1867 their home was City Park (now Schiller Park) In 1868 their home was Oletangy Park on north High St. (now Oletangy Village Apts.) The Capital Club of Columbus OH is listed in Peverelly [1866]. Columbus had an 1860 pop. of about 18,500 and an 1870 pop. of about 31,000.
Sources	Tootle, "Baseball in Columbus" pp. 10-11
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
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