Early baseball in Alabama/Game 10

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Location	Alabama
Year	1875
Month	8
City	Demopolis
State	AL
Country	US
Was NY rules baseball	Likely
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Demopolis BBC
Team 2	A MS club
Team 1 Score	14
Team 2 Score	15
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Birmingham Iron Age, August 17, 1875, reports on a game “last Wednesday” at Demopolis between a Mississippi team and the Demopolis club, won by the Mississippi team 15 to 14, for the championship of the two states.

Sources

Birmingham Iron Age, August 17, 1875