Early baseball in California/Club 13
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Location | California |
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Year | 1878 |
Month | 9 |
City | Riverside |
State | CA |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Riverside Press, Sept. 14, 1878: "The base ball players will meet ... (this) Saturday afternoon at one o'clock, for practice..."
The Riverside Press, Nov. 16, 1878 says Riverside's club beat Colton "recently."
Riverside CA (1890 pop. about 4,500) is about 55 miles E of Los Angeles.
Sources
The Riverside Press, Sept. 14, 1878