Early baseball in South Carolina/Club 9

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Location	South Carolina
Year	1874
Month	8
Modern address	Camden SC
City	Camden
State	SC
Nickname	Kershaw
Found by	Bruce Allardice

Orangeburg News, Aug. 8, 1874, says the Aurora Base Ball Club of Orangeburg went to Camden and played a game with the Kershaw Club, winning 46-24.

Camden SC (1870 pop. about 1,000) is about 30 miles NE of Columbia SC. Orangeburg SC (1870 pop. about 250) is aboiut 60 miles S of Camden.

Sources

Orangeburg News, Aug. 8, 1874