Early baseball in Arkansas/Game 12
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Location | Arkansas |
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Year | 1876 |
Month | 10 |
City | Monticello |
State | AR |
Country | |
Modern address | Monticello AR |
Was NY rules baseball | Likely |
Played by | Unknown |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
Little Rock Daily Arkansas Gazette, September 20, 1876, reports that the Southeast Arkansas Fair, to be held October 4-6 in Monticello, will feature a “base-ball match.”
Monticello AR is about 90 miles S of Little Rock and about 50 miles N of the Louisiana border.
Sources
Little Rock Daily Arkansas Gazette, September 20, 1876