Early baseball in Alabama/Game 11
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Location | Alabama |
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Year | 1873 |
Month | 1 |
City | Eufaula |
State | AL |
Country | |
Modern address | Eufaula AL |
Was NY rules baseball | Unknown |
Played by | Locals |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
“Gen. Lee’s Birthday… At Eufaula … there will be target shooting, wheelbarrow races, a base ball match…” Columbus Daily Sun, January 19, 1873.
Eufaula AL (1870 pop. under 3200)is about 160 miles SE of Birmingham on the GA border and about 40 miles S of Columbus GA.
Sources
Columbus Daily Sun, Jan. 19, 1873