Early baseball in Georgia/Club 20
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Location | Georgia |
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Year | 1876 |
Month | 6 |
Date | 17 |
Modern address | Dalton GA |
City | Dalton |
State | GA |
Nickname | Crawfords |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Atlanta Daily Constitution, June 18, 1876 reports that the Athletics of Rome beat the Crawfords of Dalton 32-21 on June 17th.
Dalton GA (1870 pop: 1800, 1880 pop: 2500) is in the hilly NW corner of Georgia, about 80 miles NW of Atlanta.
Sources
Atlanta Daily Constitution, June 18, 1876