Early baseball in Georgia/Club 29
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Macon GA (1860 population: about 8,300)is in central Georgia, about 85 miles SE of Atlanta. | Macon GA (1860 population: about 8,300)is in central Georgia, about 85 miles SE of Atlanta. | ||
|Sources=Macon Telegraph, February 11, 1860 | |Sources=Macon Telegraph, February 11, 1860 | ||
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| Location | Georgia |
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| Year | 1860 |
| Month | 2 |
| Modern address | Macon GA |
| City | Macon |
| State | GA |
| Nickname | Olympic |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Macon Telegraph, February 11, 1860 reported that the Olympic Base Ball Club played a game “last Saturday."
As of October 2012, this appears to be the first modern game played in Georgia.
Macon GA (1860 population: about 8,300)is in central Georgia, about 85 miles SE of Atlanta.
Sources
Macon Telegraph, February 11, 1860
