Early baseball in South Carolina/Club 5

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Location	South Carolina
Year	1873
Modern address	Beaufort SC
City	Beaufort
State	SC
Nickname	Cosmopolitan
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The New Orleans Times-Picayune September 7, 1873, under the headline “South Carolina,” mentions a baseball match between the Carolina Base Ball Club of Charleston and the Cosmopolitan Club of Beaufort.

Beaufort SC (current pop. about 12,000)is about 60 miles NW of Charlestown SC.

Sources

New Orleans Times-Picayune September 7, 1873