Early baseball in Texas/Club 32

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Location	Texas
Year	1878
Month	8
Modern address	Navasota TX
City	Navasota
State	TX
Found by	Bruce Allardice

Galveston Daily News, August 16, 1878: “Bryan, August 15… A game of base ball with seven innings, between the Bryan and Navasota Clubs, scored 34 for Bryan and 3 for Navasota.”

Navasota is about 65 miles NW of Houston.

Sources

Galveston Daily News, August 16, 1878