Early baseball in Georgia/Club 23
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|Pagetext=The Macon Georgia Weekly Telegraph, August 29, 1871, has a lengthy article on a game played the 18th at Oglethorpe between the “Fort Valley nine” and the Pastime of Oglethorpe, won by the latter 35-23. | |Pagetext=The Macon Georgia Weekly Telegraph, August 29, 1871, has a lengthy article on a game played the 18th at Oglethorpe between the “Fort Valley nine” and the Pastime of Oglethorpe, won by the latter 35-23. | ||
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+ | Fort Valley GA (current population about 9800) is about 95 miles S of Atlanta and about 65 miles E of Columbus GA on the AL border. | ||
|Sources=Macon Georgia Weekly Telegraph, August 29, 1871 | |Sources=Macon Georgia Weekly Telegraph, August 29, 1871 | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:21, 3 September 2012
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Location | Georgia |
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Year | 1871 |
Month | 8 |
Modern address | Fort Valley GA |
City | Fort Valley |
State | GA |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Macon Georgia Weekly Telegraph, August 29, 1871, has a lengthy article on a game played the 18th at Oglethorpe between the “Fort Valley nine” and the Pastime of Oglethorpe, won by the latter 35-23.
Fort Valley GA (current population about 9800) is about 95 miles S of Atlanta and about 65 miles E of Columbus GA on the AL border.
Sources
Macon Georgia Weekly Telegraph, August 29, 1871