Early baseball in Texas/Club 2
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| Location | Texas |
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| Year | 1859 |
| Month | 3 |
| Date | 1 |
| Modern address | Austin TX |
| City | Austin |
| State | TX |
| Country | US |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
A Galveston newspaper quoted the Austin Intelligencer as saying that base ball was being played in Austin by the younger governmental and store clerks.
[This account does not say whether the Association rules applied to this game, or whether a club had formed to play..]
Sources
Galveston Civilian and Gazette Weekly, March 1, 1859. Submitted by Bruce Allardice, August 15, 2010.
