Early baseball in South Carolina/Club 16
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|Pagetext=“It is believed that one of the earliest games [of baseball] was played in Cokesbury, near Greenwood, in 1873. A Prosperity club, near Newberry, was organized the following year.” Thomas K. Perry, Textile League Baseball: South Carolina’s Mill Teams, 1880-1955 (2004), p. 6. | |Pagetext=“It is believed that one of the earliest games [of baseball] was played in Cokesbury, near Greenwood, in 1873. A Prosperity club, near Newberry, was organized the following year.” Thomas K. Perry, Textile League Baseball: South Carolina’s Mill Teams, 1880-1955 (2004), p. 6. | ||
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| + | Newberry SC (1880 pop. about 2300) is about 40 miles NW of Columbia SC. | ||
|Sources=Thomas K. Perry, Textile League Baseball: South Carolina’s Mill Teams, 1880-1955 (2004), p. 6. | |Sources=Thomas K. Perry, Textile League Baseball: South Carolina’s Mill Teams, 1880-1955 (2004), p. 6. | ||
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Revision as of 17:57, 3 September 2012
| Spread of baseball: Home -> South Carolina -> Early baseball in South Carolina/Club 16 |
| Location | South Carolina |
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| Year | 1874 |
| Modern address | Newberry SC |
| City | Newberry |
| State | SC |
| Nickname | Prosperity |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
“It is believed that one of the earliest games [of baseball] was played in Cokesbury, near Greenwood, in 1873. A Prosperity club, near Newberry, was organized the following year.” Thomas K. Perry, Textile League Baseball: South Carolina’s Mill Teams, 1880-1955 (2004), p. 6.
Newberry SC (1880 pop. about 2300) is about 40 miles NW of Columbia SC.
Sources
Thomas K. Perry, Textile League Baseball: South Carolina’s Mill Teams, 1880-1955 (2004), p. 6.
