Early baseball in Alabama/Game 3
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| Location | Alabama |
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| Year | 1875 |
| Month | 7 |
| Date | 29 |
| City | Tuscumbia |
| State | AL |
| Country | |
| Modern address | Tuscumbia AL |
| Was NY rules baseball | Likely |
| Played by | Unknown |
| Team 1 | Red Stockings of Decatur, AL |
| Team 2 | [[Origins-game-team2::Florence [AL] Base Ball Club]] |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Red Stockings of Decatur are to play the Florence Base Ball Club at Tuscumbia on the 29th. Nashville Union and American, July 28, 1875. Evidently the two own teams played at a neutral site, Tuscumbia.
Tuscumbia AL (pop. about 8000 now) is in the NW corner of the state and about 110 miles NW of Birmingham. It is about 40 miles W of Decatur and about 5 miles S of Florence AL.
Sources
Nashville Union and American, July 28, 1875
