Early baseball in Tennessee/Club 14

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Location Tennessee
Year 1875
Modern address La Grange TN
City La Grange
State TN
Nickname Excelsiors
Found by Bruce Allardice

The Memphis Daily Appeal, June 12, 1875: “Another exciting contest came off at Moscow last Thursday. The Moscowites had respectfully solicited La Grange’s champion baseball club. The Excelsiors came down in all their splendor and beautiful uniform. They made quite a handsome appearance.”

La Grange TN (current population about 135) is about 45 miles E of Memphis. Moscow TN (current pop. about 550)is about 10 miles W of La Grange.

Sources

Memphis Daily Appeal, June 12, 1875

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