Early baseball in Florida/Club 14

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Location	Florida
Year	1874
City	Lake City
State	FL
Nickname	De Soto
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Jacksonville "New South" Aug. 5, 1874: headline "Base Ball at Lake City". Some memebers of the R. E. Lee BBC of Jacksonville are going to Lake City to watch a game between the DeSoto's and the Garden City's. The latter appear to be a Tallahassee team. Same issue has the Fat Men's BBC of Lake City challenging the "Fats" of Jacksonville Same, Aug. 12, 1874: "A state base ball organization was formed in Lake City last week."

Sources

The Jacksonville "New South" Aug. 5, 1874, Aug. 12, 1874