Early baseball in Georgia/Club 24
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Location | Georgia |
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Year | 1879 |
Month | 7 |
Date | 25 |
Modern address | Greensboro GA |
City | Greensboro |
State | GA |
Nickname | Dixies |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Dixies of Greensboro played the Varieties of Crawford “yesterday” in Atlanta, with the Dixies winning 10-9. Atlanta Daily Constitution, July 26, 1879.
Greensboro GA (current pop, 3200) is about 75 miles E of Atlanta. Greensboro is about 25 miles S of Crawford.
Sources
Atlanta Daily Constitution, July 26, 1879