Early baseball in Georgia/Club 31

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Location	Georgia
Year	1868
Month	5
Date	23
City	Penfield (Mercer U.)
State	GA
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The “Sophomores” Base Ball Club of the University of Georgia defeated a Mercer University baseball club 73-11 on May 23, 1868. The Mercer club had been in existence only two months.[Macon Telegraph, July 3, 1868]

The University of Georgia is in Athens GA. Mercer College was founded in Penfield GA and moved to Macon in 1871. Penfield is about 25 miles S of Athens.

Sources

Macon Telegraph, July 3, 1868