Early baseball in Arkansas/Game 8

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Location	Arkansas
Year	1868
Month	7
Date	8
State	Hopefield
Country	Arkansas
Was NY rules baseball	Likely
Played by	Non-locals
Team 1	Bluff City, Memphis
Team 2	Pride of the South, Memphis
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Memphis Appeal, July 8, 1868 reported that two Memphis teams, the Bluff City and the Pride of the South, will play at Hopefield today.

Sources

Memphis Appeal, July 8, 1868