Athletics Club of Spartanburg

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Nick Name Athletics
Earliest Known Date 1869
Location Spartanburg, SC, United States
Description

Bob A. Nestor, Baseball in Greenville and Spartanburg, page 7, says Wofford College played “Upstate’s first recorded baseball game in the 1869-70 student year,” beating a team called the Athletics 55-51.

The Charleston Daily News, June 10, 1869 reports that two Wofford College clubs, the Wofford College and the Pioneer, played a game, with the former winning 66-57.

Spartanburg SC (1870 pop. about 1100) is in the NE corner of SC and about 75 miles SW of Charlotte NC.

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The Charleston Daily News, June 10, 1869

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Spartanburg, SC
Entry Origin Sabrpedia

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