Early baseball in Georgia/Club 36

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Location Georgia
Year 1876
City Oak Hill
State GA
Nickname Sooners
Found by Bruce Allardice

The Augusta Chronicle, July 12, 1876 notes a match game of base ball last Tuesday, between the Stonewalls of Henry County, and the Sooners of Rockdale County, at Oak Hill. The Stonewalls won 23-16.

Oak Hill GA is about 30 miles SE of Atlanta. It may have been annexed into another jurisdiction.

Sources

Augusta Chronicle, July 12, 1876

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