Early baseball in Georgia/Club 16

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|Pagetext=“Baseballing at Oxford, GA. –A match game of base ball came off last Saturday, at Oxford, GA., between the Conyers Club and the senior nine of Emory College.” Emory won 72-11. Augusta Chronicle, April 30, 1874.
|Pagetext=“Baseballing at Oxford, GA. –A match game of base ball came off last Saturday, at Oxford, GA., between the Conyers Club and the senior nine of Emory College.” Emory won 72-11. Augusta Chronicle, April 30, 1874.
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Conyers GA (current population 10,500) is about 20 miles E of Atlanta.  Oxford GA is about 10 miles SE of Conyers, and until 1915 was the home of Emory College.
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Location Georgia
Year 1874
Modern address Conyers GA
City Conyers
State GA
Found by Bruce Allardice

“Baseballing at Oxford, GA. –A match game of base ball came off last Saturday, at Oxford, GA., between the Conyers Club and the senior nine of Emory College.” Emory won 72-11. Augusta Chronicle, April 30, 1874.

Conyers GA (current population 10,500) is about 20 miles E of Atlanta. Oxford GA is about 10 miles SE of Conyers, and until 1915 was the home of Emory College.

Sources

Augusta Chronicle, April 30, 1874

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