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Modern Game Comes to the Eastern OH Town

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City/State/Country: Ravenna, OH, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
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"The Portage County Democrat reported in its April 10, 1861 edition, 'The young men of Ravenna have organized a base ball club . . . .' But again, their games were intra club affairs."

 

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John Husman, "Ohio's First Baseball Game," Presented at the SABR Convention, July 16, 2004, page 5.

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 Ravenna OH is about 35 miles SE of Cleveland in eastern Ohio.

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