Southern Club of Bluefields

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Nick Name Southern
Earliest Known Date Thursday, May 9, 1889
Location Bluefields, Nicaragua
Description

The Southern Club was formed in 1889 with the aid of Albert Addlesberg. The location was the Mosquito Coast, re-annexed by Nicaragua in 1893. Addlesberg imported equipment from New Orleans to facilitate play.

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"Before baseball became popular among Nicaraguans, the British, who occupied the Atlantic Coast, introduced cricket. However, a businessman from the U.S. named Albert Addlesburg who lived in Bluefields in the 1880s became fed up with local sports authorities and convinced two cricket teams to switch to baseball instead. The two baseball teams had their first game in 1887, and the first official games took place in Managua in 1891." http://cultureboxes.unm.edu/countries/Nicaragua/resources/Culture-Box-of-Nicaragua.pdf

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