Early baseball in Arkansas/Game 3

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Location	Arkansas
Year	1868
Month	6
City	Little Rock
State	AR
Country	US
Site	Arsenal Grounds (MacArthur Park)
Was NY rules baseball	Yes
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Rock City First Nine
Team 2	Rock City Second Nine
Found by	Caleb Hardwick

From the 1868 Arkansas Gazette Index:

"First and Second teams of Rock City Base-ball Club played before large crowd at Little Rock Arsenal grounds"

Sources

• 1968 Arkansas Gazette Index