Early baseball in Alabama/Game 4

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Location Alabama
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


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