Early baseball in Florida/Club 20

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Location	Florida
Year	1883
City	Gainesville
State	FL
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Titusville "Florida Star," Aug. 30, 1883: "The Gainesville Advocate says: We now have organized a base ball club..."

Gainesville FL (1890 pop. about 2,800)is about 70 miles SW of Jacksonville.

Sources

The Titusville "Florida Star," Aug. 30, 1883