Early baseball in Georgia/Club 45
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|Pagetext=The Thomasville Times, Oct. 2, 1875: “The Valdosta Tournament Club is making arrangements to enter for a prize offered [at the Thomasville Fair] and we hope our base ball [club] will do likewise.” | |Pagetext=The Thomasville Times, Oct. 2, 1875: “The Valdosta Tournament Club is making arrangements to enter for a prize offered [at the Thomasville Fair] and we hope our base ball [club] will do likewise.” | ||
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| + | Valdosta GA (1870 pop. of 1200, 1880 pop. of 1500) is about 220 miles S of Atlanta and about 70 miles NE of Tallahassee FL. Thomasville is about 40 miles W of Valdosta. | ||
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|Sources=Thomasville Times, Oct. 2, 1875 | |Sources=Thomasville Times, Oct. 2, 1875 | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:09, 3 September 2012
| Spread of baseball: Home -> Georgia -> Early baseball in Georgia/Club 45 |
| Location | Georgia |
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| Year | 1875 |
| Modern address | Valdosta GA |
| City | Valdosta |
| State | GA |
| Nickname | Tournament |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Thomasville Times, Oct. 2, 1875: “The Valdosta Tournament Club is making arrangements to enter for a prize offered [at the Thomasville Fair] and we hope our base ball [club] will do likewise.”
Valdosta GA (1870 pop. of 1200, 1880 pop. of 1500) is about 220 miles S of Atlanta and about 70 miles NE of Tallahassee FL. Thomasville is about 40 miles W of Valdosta.
Sources
Thomasville Times, Oct. 2, 1875
