Early baseball in Alabama/Game 9
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| Location | Alabama |
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| Year | 1868 |
| Month | 11 |
| Date | 20 |
| City | Montgomery |
| State | AL |
| Country | |
| Site | The AL State Fair |
| Modern address | Montgomery AL |
| Was NY rules baseball | Likely |
| Played by | Locals |
| Team 1 | Montgomery BBC |
| Team 2 | Capitol City BBC |
| Team 1 Score | 37 |
| Team 2 Score | 15 |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Mobile Register 11-24-68 reported a game at the State Fair between two Montgomery teams, where the Montgomery BBC beat Capitol City 37-15. There were teams, and undoubtedly games, prior to this.
Montgomery AL (pop. about 205,000 -- 103rd in the US) is in central Alabama, about 95 miles S of Birmingham and 160 miles NE of Pensacola. In the 1860s its population was 9000 to 10,500.
Sources
Mobile Register, Nov. 24, 1868
