Resolute Club of Greenville, SC

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Nick Name Resolute
Earliest Known Date Thursday, July 19, 1877
Location Greenville, SC, United States
Description

The Anderson Intelligencer, July 19, 1877, says the Resolute Base Ball Club of Greenville has challenged Anderson to match game at Anderson tomorrow afternoon. Same, July 26, 1877 gives a full report of the game and the players, won by Greenville 56-43. F. T. Capers was the club captain.

Greenville SC (1870 pop. 2800, 1880 pop. 6200) is about 100 miles NW of Columbia near the border with North Carolina.

Anderson SC [1880 pop. 1,850) is about 30 miles SW of Greenville.

Sources

The Anderson Intelligencer, July 19, 1877

Comment

Greenville News, April 13, 2017 cites the works of local historian Arthur Gower, who says an Auroras Club formed in 1876, that became the Resolutes. They played the Mills River Club of Mills River, NC at the Resolutes home grounds, located at modern John St. and Hampton Ave.

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

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