Early baseball in Georgia/Game 6

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Location	Georgia
Year	1868
Month	10
Date	13
City	Marietta
State	GA
Country
Modern address	Marietta GA
Was NY rules baseball	Likely
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Southern Star
Team 2	Kennesaw
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Marietta Journal, October 16, 1868, mentions a game Tuesday afternoon (the 13th) between the “Southern Stars” of Capt. Gable and the “Kennesaw” of Capt. Nutting, won by the latter.

Marietta GA (1870 population about 1900 souls) is about 20 miles NW of Atlanta

Sources

Marietta Journal, October 16, 1868