Early baseball in Georgia/Club 29
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Location | Georgia |
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Year | 1860 |
Month | 2 |
Modern address | Macon GA |
City | Macon |
State | GA |
Nickname | Olympic |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Macon Telegraph, February 11, 1860 reported that the Olympic Base Ball Club played a game “last Saturday."
Macon GA (1860 population: about 8,300)is in central Georgia, about 85 miles SE of Atlanta.
Sources
Macon Telegraph, February 11, 1860