Early baseball in Tennessee/Club 16
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Location | Tennessee |
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Year | 1875 |
Month | 8 |
Date | 13 |
Modern address | Lynchburg TN |
City | Lynchburg |
State | TN |
Nickname | Actives |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Fayetteville (TN) Observer, Aug. 12, 1875, notes the Actives of Lynchburg are to play the Hornets of Fayetteville “another game” “tomorrow evening.”
Lynchburg TN (current pop. 5700) is about 80 miles NW of Chattanooga. Fayetteville (current pop. about 7000) is about 15 miles SW of Lynchburg.
Sources
Fayetteville (TN) Observer, Aug. 12, 1875