Early baseball in South Carolina/Club 20

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Location	South Carolina
Year	1878
Modern address	Pickens SC
City	Pickens Court House
State	SC
Nickname	Peerless
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Pickens Keowee Courier, February 7, 1878, reports that the two nines of the Peerless Base Ball Club played a game here, “last Saturday,” with “many of the ladies of the town present.”

Pickens SC (formerly Pickens Court House - current pop. about 3000) is about 20 miles W of Greenville SC.

Sources

The Pickens Keowee Courier, February 7, 1878