Early baseball in Georgia/Club 18

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Location Georgia
Year 1879
Month 7
Date 25
Modern address Crawford GA
City Crawford
State GA
Nickname Varieties
Found by Bruce Allardice

The Dixies of Greensboro played the Varieties of Crawford “yesterday” in Atlanta, with the Dixies winning 10-9. Atlanta Daily Constitution, July 26, 1879.

Crawford GA (current population about 800)is about 80 miles E of Atlanta. Greensboro is about 25 miles S of Crawford.

Sources

Atlanta Daily Constitution, July 26, 1879

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