Early baseball in Florida/Club 3

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Location	Florida
Year	1879
City	Madison
State	FL
Found by	Bruce Allardice

Shenandoah Herald, May 28, 1879: “A serious row occurred at Madison, Fla. Tuesday evening, between two colored base ball clubs."

Madison, FL is about 1000 miles east of Jacksonville and about 50 miles east of Tallahassee.

Sources

Shenandoah Herald, May 28, 1879