Club of Jacksonville
| Nick Name | Jacksonville |
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| Earliest Known Date | February 1867 |
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| Location | Jacksonville, FL, United States |
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| Description | An article suggests that the new Tallahassee club (the Leon BBC) play a club that has been formed in Jacksonville. See Semi-Weekly Floridian, February 8, 1867. In later years Jacksonville hosted big league teams looking for winter practice. The Sporting Life Feb. 29, 1888 headlines a "Florida League" of 8 clubs which is "assured" of forming, in an article signed "Burbridge." This is George V. Burbridge (1854-99), son of Jacksonville mayor and Confederate army Colonel John Q. Burbridge. George, a Notre Dame grad, had played minor league baseball up north, and promoted both his opera houses and local baseball. Sporting Life March 20, 1889 reports that the Philadelphia Phillies, then at Jacksonville, beat a local team featuring future big leaguer George Stallings. See also same, Jan. 24, 1890 and Feb. 26, 1890. At the time (1867) and for decades thereafter Jacksonville was Florida's largest city. Jacksonville had 6,912 residents in 1870. |
| Sources | Semi-Weekly Floridian, February 8, 1867 |
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| Has Source On Hand | No |
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| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
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| Entered by | Bruce Allardice |
| First in Location | FL |
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| Entry Origin | Sabrpedia |
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