Early baseball in North Carolina/Club 15
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| + | |Modern-address=Rocky Mount NC | ||
|City=Rocky Mount | |City=Rocky Mount | ||
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|Submitter=Bruce Allardice | |Submitter=Bruce Allardice | ||
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|Pagetext=“The Wilson and Rocky Mount colored baseball clubs played a match game at this place [Rocky Mount] on the 4th instant. Wilson came off victorious.” Tarboro Southerner, July 10, 1879. | |Pagetext=“The Wilson and Rocky Mount colored baseball clubs played a match game at this place [Rocky Mount] on the 4th instant. Wilson came off victorious.” Tarboro Southerner, July 10, 1879. | ||
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| + | Rocky Mount NC (current pop. about 57,000, 55% of it African-American) is about 50 miles E of Raleigh NC. Wilson NC (current pop. about 50,000, 48% African-American) is about 45 miles E of Raleigh and about 20 miles S of Rocky Mount NC. | ||
|Sources=Tarboro Southerner, July 10, 1879. | |Sources=Tarboro Southerner, July 10, 1879. | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:41, 4 September 2012
| Spread of baseball: Home -> North Carolina -> Early baseball in North Carolina/Club 15 |
| Location | North Carolina |
|---|---|
| Year | 1879 |
| Month | 7 |
| Date | 4 |
| Modern address | Rocky Mount NC |
| City | Rocky Mount |
| State | NC |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
“The Wilson and Rocky Mount colored baseball clubs played a match game at this place [Rocky Mount] on the 4th instant. Wilson came off victorious.” Tarboro Southerner, July 10, 1879.
Rocky Mount NC (current pop. about 57,000, 55% of it African-American) is about 50 miles E of Raleigh NC. Wilson NC (current pop. about 50,000, 48% African-American) is about 45 miles E of Raleigh and about 20 miles S of Rocky Mount NC.
Sources
Tarboro Southerner, July 10, 1879.
