Early baseball in Alabama/Club 8

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Location	Alabama
Year	1867
Month	4
Note on date	no later than April 1867
City	Mobile
State	AL
Country	US
Nickname	Dramatic
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The “Dramatic” Base Ball Club of Mobile played a match against the “Lone Star” of New Orleans in April, 1867, losing 92-7.[See Savannah Daily News, April 11, 1867, New Orleans Times, April 13, 1867 (citing the Mobile Register of the 11th).]

Sources

See Savannah Daily News, April 11, 1867, New Orleans Times, April 13, 1867 (citing the Mobile Register of the 11th).