Early baseball in Alabama/Club 1

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Location	Alabama
Year	1876
Month	7
City	Courtland
State	Alabama
Found by	Bruce Allardice

“Corinth, Miss., July 23… The Courtland (Alabama) club did not defeat the Courtland base-ball club last week.” Memphis Daily Appeal, July 27, 1876. Turns out Corinth got beat by a combined team from Huntsville, Florence, Decatur and Courtland, dubbed the Valley Base Ball Club.

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Memphis Daily Appeal, July 27, 1876