Early baseball in California/Game 8

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Location California
Year 1871
Month 5
Date 6
City San Diego
State CA
Country US
Site "the Plaza in New Town"
Modern address Horton Plaza
Was NY rules baseball Yes
Played by Locals
Found by Bruce Allardice

Bill Swank, Baseball in San Diego (Arcadia, 2005), page 11, says a man named Ullman organized two nines which on May 6, 1871 played a game "on the plaza in New Town" (now, Horton Plaza).

Sources

Bill Swank, Baseball in San Diego (Arcadia, 2005).


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