Early baseball in Georgia/Club 22

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Location	Georgia
Year	1878
Month	5
Date	28
Modern address	Fairbrn GA
City	Fairburn
State	GA
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Fairburn Base Ball Club played the Alert of Atlanta, in Fairburn May 28th. Atlanta won 15-8. Atlanta Daily Constitution, May 30, 1878.

Fairburn GA (current pop. 13,000) is about 15 miles SW of Atlanta.

Sources

Atlanta Daily Constitution, May 30, 1878