Early baseball in Georgia/Club 29

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Location	Georgia
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