Club of Knoxville

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Nick Name Knoxville
Earliest Known Date Tuesday, March 19, 1867
Location Knoxville, TN, United States
Description

In a Nashville Union and Dispatch article dated May 3, 1867 about a state convention of base ball players, the Knoxville Club is mentioned.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038521/1867-05-03/ed-1/seq-3/

<img src="w/images/d/d6/NashvilleUnionAndDispatch1867May03.jpg" alt="Nashville Union and Dispatch - May 3, 1867" width="315" height="1378" border="0" />

Knoxville's 1870 pop. was about 8,500.

Comment

See https://www.c-span.org/video/?527958-1/post-civil-war-baseball-knoxville-tennessee and the Knoxville Sentinel, Nov. 20, 1921.

This team was mostly northerners and unionists, whereas the Holstons were mostly ex-Confederates. First meeting March 19, according to Knoxville Whig March 20, 1867.

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Entered by Bruce Allardice
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J. C. Luttrell 1867
Spencer Munson 1867

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