Club of Waynesburg

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Nick Name Waynesburg
Earliest Known Date 1866
Location Waynesburg, PA, United States
Nine Class Senior
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The Uniontown Morning Herald, Feb. 12, 1946, Jan. 30, 1945 reports that the first baseball team in Uniontown, the Vantage Base Ball Club, was organized in May of 1866 by (among others) Gen. S. M. Baily and Col. Andrew Stewart. James G. Johnston played. Hugh Oliphant of Princeton U. pitched.

The first game in that town was Sept. 22, 1866, against a Waynesburg team that had future Iowa Governor Albert Cummins on it.

Waynesburg is 60 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. It had 1,272 residents in 1870.

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The Uniontown Morning Herald, Feb. 12, 1946, Jan. 30, 1945

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Waynesburg, PA

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