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| - | |NYBaseball=Likely | + | |NYBaseball=Doubtful |
| - | |Locals=Locals | + | |Locals=Unknown |
| - | |Team1=Olympic Club side 1 | + | |Team1=Olympic (intramural) |
| - | |Team2=Olympic Club side 2
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| - | |First=Yes
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| - | |Pagetext=From Protoball Entry #1860.58 – Many Tackle the New Game in Macon, But a Few Secede
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| - | In early 1860, the Olympic Club of Macon GA played a series of intramural games, most apparently while trying to follow Association rules. The Macon Weekly Telegraph recorded five [and another that may be misdated] games in February and March, each with a box score showing modern defensive positions.
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| - | However, defection was in the air:
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| - | "A number of gentlemen are about to form another base ball club, the game to be played after fashion in the South twenty years ago, when old field schools [school fields, maybe?] were the scenes of trial and activity and rosy cheeked girls were the umpires." Macon Telegraph, March 12, 1860. All seven articles were accessed via subscription search, May 20-21, 2009. Macon GA is in central Georgia, about 80 miles SE of Atlanta.
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| - | NOTE -- As of October 2012, we are designating this game as the first played in Georgia.
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| | + | == Sources == |
| | + | * Protoball record W17 from |
| | + | [http://retrosheet.org/Protoball/chron.htm Protoball project] |
