Early baseball in Alabama/Game 2

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Location Alabama
Year 1875
Month 7
Date 26
City Decatur
State AL
Country
Modern address Decatur AL
Was NY rules baseball Likely
Played by Locals
Team 1 Red Stockings
Team 2 Alligators
Team 1 Score 43
Team 2 Score 15
Found by Bruce Allardice

The Red Stockings of Decatur beat the second nine of the Alligators of Decatur 43 to 15 on July 26th. Nashville Union and American, July 28, 1875.

Decatur AL (1870 population under 700) is in north central AL, about 80 miles N of Birminghan and about 30 miles S of the TN border.

Sources

Nashville Union and American, July 28, 1875.


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