Early baseball in North Carolina/Club 3

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Location North Carolina
Year 1879
Month 7
Date 17
Modern address Charlotte NC
City Charlotte
State NC
Nickname Lightfoots
Found by Bruce Allardice

The first mention I’ve found is the game of the “Swift Foots” of Charlotte against the “Swift Foots” of Salisbury, at Concord, NC, July 17, 1879. See Salisbury Carolina Watchman, July 10, July 24, 1879.

Charlotte NC (1880 pop. about 7,000)and Salisbury NC (current pop. about 33,0000.) are about 20 miles NE and SW of Charlotte and Salisbury, respectively.

Sources

See Salisbury Carolina Watchman, July 10, July 24, 1879.

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