Early baseball in Alabama/Game 10
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Location | Alabama |
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Year | 1875 |
Month | 8 |
City | Demopolis |
State | AL |
Country | US |
Modern address | Demopolis AL |
Was NY rules baseball | Likely |
Played by | Locals |
Team 1 | Demopolis BBC |
Team 2 | A MS club |
Team 1 Score | 14 |
Team 2 Score | 15 |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Birmingham Iron Age, August 17, 1875, reports on a game “last Wednesday” at Demopolis between a Mississippi team and the Demopolis club, won by the Mississippi team 15 to 14, for the championship of the two states.
Demopolis AL (pop. about 7500 now, about 1500 in the 1870s)is about 100 miles SW of Birmingham and about 35 miles E of the Mississippi border.
Sources
Birmingham Iron Age, August 17, 1875