Early baseball in Louisiana/Club 4
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| Location | Louisiana |
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| Year | 1879 |
| Month | 8 |
| Modern address | Bastrop LA |
| City | Bastrop |
| State | LA |
| Nickname | Morehouse Bluffers |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Ouachita Telegraph (Monroe, LA) Aug. 29, 1879 reports that the Morehouse Bluffers of Bastrop defeated the Hamburg, Arkansas base ball club 19-18.
Bastrop LA (pop. about 13,000) is near the LA-AR border and about 80 miles NW of Vicksburg MS.
Sources
Ouachita Telegraph (Monroe, LA) Aug. 29, 1879
