Early baseball in Alabama/Game 2
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Location | Alabama |
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Year | 1875 |
Month | 7 |
Date | 26 |
City | Decatur |
State | AL |
Country | |
Modern address | Decatur AL |
Was NY rules baseball | Likely |
Played by | Locals |
Team 1 | Red Stockings |
Team 2 | Alligators |
Team 1 Score | 43 |
Team 2 Score | 15 |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Red Stockings of Decatur beat the second nine of the Alligators of Decatur 43 to 15 on July 26th. Nashville Union and American, July 28, 1875.
Decatur AL (1870 population under 700) is in north central AL, about 80 miles N of Birminghan and about 30 miles S of the TN border.
Sources
Nashville Union and American, July 28, 1875.