Early baseball in Georgia/Club 14

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Location	Georgia
Year	1875
City	Cairo
State	Georgia
Nickname	Red Clouds
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Thomasville Times, Aug. 14, 1875, reports “Cairo still improves. She has a base ball club and a fumbling club. The base ball club has twenty-five members. They will appear in uniform today at two o’clock.” Same, Oct. 23, 1875 says the “Aucillas” of Boston “will play a Bainbridge club on the grounds of the Red Clouds at Cairo, this week.”

Sources

Thomasville Times, Aug. 14, Oct. 23 1875