Early baseball in Georgia/Club 33

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Location	Georgia
Year	1876
Modern address	Monroe, GA
City	Monroe
State	GA
Nickname	Oconee
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Augusta Chronicle, April 27, 1876, reports that “The Champion Base Ball Club, of Covington, will play a match game with the Oconee Club, at Monroe, Dalton County, next Saturday.”

Monroe GA (current pop. about 13,000) is about 40 miles E of Atlanta. Covington GA is about 18 miles SW of Monroe.

Sources

Augusta Chronicle, April 27, 1876