Early baseball in Georgia/Club 37
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|Pagetext=The Macon Georgia Weekly Telegraph, August 29, 1871, has a lengthy article on a game played the 18th at Oglethorpe between the “Fort Valley nine” and the Pastime of Oglethorpe, won by the latter 35-23. | |Pagetext=The Macon Georgia Weekly Telegraph, August 29, 1871, has a lengthy article on a game played the 18th at Oglethorpe between the “Fort Valley nine” and the Pastime of Oglethorpe, won by the latter 35-23. | ||
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| + | Oglethorpe GA (1870 population -- 400) is about 110 miles S of Atlanta and about 60 miles E of the Alabama border at Columbus GA. | ||
|Sources=Macon Georgia Weekly Telegraph, August 29, 1871 | |Sources=Macon Georgia Weekly Telegraph, August 29, 1871 | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:27, 3 September 2012
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| Location | Georgia |
|---|---|
| Year | 1871 |
| Month | 8 |
| Modern address | Oglethorpe GA |
| City | Oglethorpe |
| State | GA |
| Nickname | Pastime |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Macon Georgia Weekly Telegraph, August 29, 1871, has a lengthy article on a game played the 18th at Oglethorpe between the “Fort Valley nine” and the Pastime of Oglethorpe, won by the latter 35-23.
Oglethorpe GA (1870 population -- 400) is about 110 miles S of Atlanta and about 60 miles E of the Alabama border at Columbus GA.
Sources
Macon Georgia Weekly Telegraph, August 29, 1871
