Early baseball in Alabama/Game 4
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Location | Alabama |
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Year | 1869 |
Month | 5 |
Date | 20 |
City | Gadsden |
State | AL |
Country | |
Site | The playground near Capt. Barret's |
Was NY rules baseball | Unknown |
Played by | Locals |
Team 1 | The two nines of the Etowah club |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Gadsden Times May 28, 1869, the Etowah Base Ball Club will play a match game on the 20th instant, on the play ground near Captain Barret’s.
Gadsden AL (pop. 103,000: 1880 population under 1700) is about 60 miles NE of Birmingham.
Sources
Gadsden Times May 28, 1869