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Nick Name	Champions
Earliest Known Date	1867
Last Known Game
Location	Wheeling, WV, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	The Wheeling Daily Register, Aug. 5, 1867 mentions the Champion BBC of Wheeling. The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, Sept. 16, 1867, says this club is from the northwest Wheeling neighborhood. William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000", p. 15 says that by 1867 Wheeling boasted 20 clubs, including the Baltic (the best), Resolute, United, Fly, LaBelle, Actives, Jockey, Columbia, Bachelors, Enterprise, Avalanche, Eagle, Benedicts, National, Muscle, Buckeye, Belmont and Champion. A Thorburn club played in 1867 (see Wheeling Intelligencer, April 19, 1867).
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
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 |Description=<p>The&nbsp;<em>Wheeling Daily Register</em>, Aug. 5, 1867 mentions the Champion BBC of Wheeling.</p>
+<p>The <em>Wheeling Daily Intelligencer</em>, Sept. 16, 1867, says this club is from the northwest Wheeling neighborhood.</p>
 <p>William E. Akin, "West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000",&nbsp;&nbsp;p. 15 says that by 1867 Wheeling boasted 20 clubs, including the Baltic (the best), Resolute, United, Fly, LaBelle, Actives, Jockey, Columbia, Bachelors, Enterprise, Avalanche, Eagle, Benedicts, National, Muscle, Buckeye, Belmont and Champion. A Thorburn club played in 1867 (see&nbsp;<em>Wheeling Intelligencer</em>, April 19, 1867).</p>
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