Early baseball in Texas/Club 43

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Location	Texas
Year	1876
Month	4
Modern address	Giddings TX
City	Giddings
State	TX
Nickname	Centennial
Found by	Bruce Allardice

“They have taken the base ball fever at Giddings and organized a club. They call it the Centennial.” Galveston Daily News, April 12, 1876.

Giddings TX is about 110 miles NE of San Antonio.

Sources

Galveston Daily News, April 12, 1876