Early baseball in Georgia/Club 39

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Location	Georgia
Year	1872
City	Rome
State	Georgia
Nickname	Pastimes
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Atlanta Daily Sun, Wednesday May 8, 1872, under the headline “That Base Ball Match,” quotes the Rome Commercial account of a game “Sunday Last” between the Atlanta Osceolas and the Rome “Pastimes.”

Sources

Atlanta Daily Sun, Wednesday May 8, 1872