Early baseball in California/Club 13

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Location	California
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