Early baseball in Georgia/Club 24

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Location	Georgia
Year	1879
Month	7
Date	25
Modern address	Greensboro GA
City	Greensboro
State	GA
Nickname	Dixies
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.

Greensboro GA (current pop, 3200) is about 75 miles E of Atlanta. Greensboro is about 25 miles S of Crawford.

Sources

Atlanta Daily Constitution, July 26, 1879