Early baseball in Texas/Game 4

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Location	Texas
Year	1868
Month	4
Date	21
City	Houston
State	Texas
Country
Site	near the San Jacinto battlefield
Was NY rules baseball	Yes
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Stonewall of Houston
Team 2	R. E. Lee of Galveston
Team 1 Score	34
Team 2 Score	5
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Galveston Daily News, April 24, 1868 reports on the Stonewall of Houston beating the R. E. Lee of Galveston 34-5, at the San Jacinto battlefield on the 21st, and thereupon claiming to be state champions.

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Galveston Daily News, April 24, 1868