Early baseball in Texas/Club 13
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| Location | Texas |
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| Year | 1873 |
| Month | 5 |
| Note on date | No later than May 1873. |
| Modern address | Corpus Christi TX |
| City | Corpus Christi |
| State | TX |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Galveston Daily News, May 20, 1873, reports that a club had been organized in Corpus Christi.
Corpus Christi is about 130 miles SE of San Antonio on the Gulf of Mexico.
Sources
Galveston Daily News, May 20, 1873
