Early baseball in Alabama/Club 11

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Location	Alabama
Year	1868
Month	4
Modern address	Selma AL
City	Selma
State	AL
Nickname	Athletic, Central
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The 1868 Alabama state baseball meeting featured delegates from the Athletic and Central clubs of Selma. [Mobile Register, April 27, 1868]

Selma AL (1870 pop. about 6500) is about 80 miles S of Birmingham and 45 miles E of Montgomery.

Sources

Mobile Register, April 27, 1868