Early baseball in Florida/Club 17
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| Location | Florida |
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| Year | 1883 |
| Month | 5 |
| Note on date | No earlier than May 1883 |
| City | Rockledge |
| State | FL |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Titusville "Florida Star," May 24, 1883: "The young men of Rockledge ... are organizing a base ball club."
Rockledge FL (current pop. about 25,000) is about 50 miles E of Orlando on the Atlantic Coast.
Sources
The Titusville "Florida Star," May 24, 1883
