Early baseball in Georgia/Club 46

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Location Georgia
Year 1870
Month 10
Modern address West Point GA
City West Point
State GA
Found by Bruce Allardice

The Columbus Daily Enquirer, Oct. 26, 1870, “Fun at the Fair: We also learn that the Atlanta, West Point, and Montgomery Base Ball Clubs will contest with the Independents of our city for the premium offered to the best “base ballists.””

West Point GA (1870 population about 1400) is on the Alabama border and about 80 miles SW of Atlanta.

Sources

Columbus Daily Enquirer, Oct. 26, 1870

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