Editing Early baseball in South Carolina/Club 25
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| - | |Pagetext= | + | |Pagetext=“It is believed that one of the earliest game [of baseball] was played in Cokesbury, near Greenwood, in 1873. A Prosperity club, near Newberry, was organized the following year.” Thomas K. Perry, Textile League Baseball: South Carolina’s Mill Teams, 1880-1955 (2004), p. 6. |
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| - | “It is believed that one of the earliest game [of baseball] was played in Cokesbury, near Greenwood, in 1873. A Prosperity club, near Newberry, was organized the following year.” Thomas K. Perry, Textile League Baseball: South Carolina’s Mill Teams, 1880-1955 (2004), p. 6. | + | |
Cokesbury (current pop. 280) is about 7 miles N of Greenwood SC and 40 miles S of Greenville SC. | Cokesbury (current pop. 280) is about 7 miles N of Greenwood SC and 40 miles S of Greenville SC. | ||
Newberry SC (1880 pop. about 2300) is about 40 miles NW of Columbia SC. | Newberry SC (1880 pop. about 2300) is about 40 miles NW of Columbia SC. | ||
| - | |Sources=Thomas K. Perry, Textile League Baseball: South Carolina’s Mill Teams, 1880-1955 (2004), p. 6. | + | |
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| + | Thomas K. Perry, Textile League Baseball: South Carolina’s Mill Teams, 1880-1955 (2004), p. 6. | ||
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