Early baseball in Florida/Club 12
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| Location | Florida |
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| Year | 1883 |
| City | Titusville |
| State | FL |
| Nickname | Athletics, Magnolia |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Titusville "Florida Star," July 5, 1883 says the Stars of Enterprise will play the Athletics of Titusville. The Florida Star [Titusville] Oct. 4, 1883 reports on how the Magnolia BBC of Titusvulle traveled to New Smyrna to play the Stars of Enterprise, billed as a match between Volusia and Brevard Counties.
Titusville FL (current pop. about 44,000)is about 40 miles E of Orlando near the Atlantic coast.
Sources
The Florida Star [Titusville] Oct. 4, 1883, July 5, 1883.
