Early baseball in Georgia/Club 1
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Location | Georgia |
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Year | 1859 |
City | Augusta |
State | GA |
Country | US |
“Baseball Club formed in Augusta in 1859,” unidentified clipping at the Giamatti Research Center, Cooperstown, September 15, 1985. Per Millen note # 42.
“Town Ball. – On the 24th ult., the young men of Augusta, Ga., met on the Parade Ground, and organized themselves in two parties for enjoying a friendly game at this hearty game.” They played two innings, and “W.D.’s side scored 43, squeezing the peaches on P. B.’s, who managed only 19. Source: The New York Clipper (date and page omitted; date inferred from scrapbook placement). Facsimile from page 25 (column 3, third story) of a Mears Collection scrapbook, provided by Craig Waff, September 2008.