Early baseball in Alabama/Game 11

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Location Alabama
Year 1873
Month 1
City Eufaula
State AL
Country
Modern address Eufaula AL
Was NY rules baseball Unknown
Played by Locals
Found by Bruce Allardice

“Gen. Lee’s Birthday… At Eufaula … there will be target shooting, wheelbarrow races, a base ball match…” Columbus Daily Sun, January 19, 1873.

Eufaula AL (1870 pop. under 3200)is about 160 miles SE of Birmingham on the GA border and about 40 miles S of Columbus GA.

Sources

Columbus Daily Sun, Jan. 19, 1873


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