Exercise Base Ball Club of Mansfield

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Nick Name Exercise Base Ball Club
Earliest Known Date 1866
Location Mansfield, OH, United States
Description

"In Mansfield Ohio, the Exercise Base Ball Club . . . [was] formed."

The first game was Sept. 12, 1866, "near the depot on East 4th Street"

According to Morris et al., Base Ball Pioneers, the Exercise Club consolidated with the Mansfield in 1867.

Mansfield OH (1860 pop. about 4,500; 1870 pop. about 8,000) is about 65 miles SW of Cleveland.

Sources

Morris et al., "Base Ball Pioneers"

Mansfield News-Journal, April 9, 1929

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Found by Peter Morris
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Mansfield, OH
Entry Origin Sabrpedia

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