Early baseball in Tennessee/Game 4

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Location Tennessee
Year 1866
Month 8
Date 2
City Nashville
State TN
Country US
Modern address Nashville TN
Was NY rules baseball Likely
Played by Unknown
Team 1 Louisville BBC of Louisville, Kentucky
Team 2 Cumberland BBC
Team 1 Score 39
Team 2 Score 23

"The Louisville Base Ball Club arrived home this morning in high spirits, having beaten the Cumberland at Nashville by thirty-nine to twenty-three. They stand Champions of Tennessee and Kentucky. The return game will be played here next week."

Nashville's population was about 19,000 in 1860 and about 26,000 in 1870.

Louisville's population was about 68,000 in 1860 and 101,000 in 1870.

Nashville is about 175 miles SW of Louisville.

Sources

Chicago Tribune, 2 August 1866


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