Early baseball in California/Club 14

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Location	California
Year	1878
City	Colton
State	CA
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Riverside Press, Nov. 16, 1878 says Riverside's club beat Colton "recently."

Colton CA (1890 pop. about 1,300) is about 10 mies NE of Riverside and 55 miles E of Los Angeles.

Sources

The Riverside Press, Nov. 16, 1878