Early baseball in Georgia/Club 45
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Location | Georgia |
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Year | 1875 |
Modern address | Valdosta GA |
City | Valdosta |
State | GA |
Nickname | Tournament |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Thomasville Times, Oct. 2, 1875: “The Valdosta Tournament Club is making arrangements to enter for a prize offered [at the Thomasville Fair] and we hope our base ball [club] will do likewise.”
Valdosta GA (1870 pop. of 1200, 1880 pop. of 1500) is about 220 miles S of Atlanta and about 70 miles NE of Tallahassee FL. Thomasville is about 40 miles W of Valdosta.
Sources
Thomasville Times, Oct. 2, 1875