Early baseball in Alabama/Club 13
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Location | Alabama |
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Year | 1877 |
Month | 8 |
Modern address | Troy AL |
City | Troy |
State | AL |
Nickname | Bloods |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Columbus Daily Enquirer, August 24, 1877, reports: “The game of base ball between the Bloods of Troy, and Seminoles of Union Springs, played at Troy yesterday, resulted in favor of the Bloods, by a score of 41 to 19.”
Troy AL (pop. about 1000 in 1870 and 2300 in 1880) is about 150 SE of Birmingham and about 40 miles SE of Montgomery. It is about 30 miles SW of Union Springs AL.
Sources
Columbus Daily Enquirer, August 24, 1877