Clipping:The origin of the Athletic Club

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Date Sunday, August 12, 1866
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The Athletic Base Ball Club came out of a Town Ball Club that originated in the Handel and Haydn Musical Society. At a primary meeting, held at John Heisler’s, Eighth and Callowhill sts., various names were submitted for the then embryo Base Ball Club. That of “Athletic” was proposed by W. H. Cunnington, Esq., a member of the Town Ball Club, and at a subsequent meeting, it was adopted.

Source Philadelphia Sunday Mercury
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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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