Early baseball in South Carolina/Club 16
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Location | South Carolina |
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Year | 1874 |
City | Newberry |
State | South Carolina |
Nickname | Prosperity |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
“It is believed that one of the earliest games [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.
Sources
Thomas K. Perry, Textile League Baseball: South Carolina’s Mill Teams, 1880-1955 (2004), p. 6.