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Base Ball Club Forms in Augusta GA: Town Ball Also Reported
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Pre-modern RulesPre-modern Rules |
| Location | GeorgiaGeorgia |
| City/State/Country: | Augusta, GA, United States |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Town BallTown Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | [A] A classified ad announcing the meeting of the "Base Ball Club of Augusta." [B] "Baseball Club formed in Augusta in 1859" [C] In 1860 it was reported that the Base Ball Club of Augusta had formed the previous year. It reported on this "noble and manly game" as played on November 7, 1860." "There were 6 innings. Doughty's side made 32 rounds; Russell's side made 20 rounds." [D] "Town Ball. - On the 24th ult., the young men of Augusta, Ga., met on the Parade Ground, and organized themselves in two parties for enjoying a friendly game at this hearty game." They played two innings, and "W.D.'s side scored 43, squeezing the peaches on P. B.'s, who managed only 19.
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| Sources | [A] The Augusta Daily Constitutionalist of December 21, 1859. [B] see note #42 of Patricia Millen, From Pastime to Passion: Baseball and the Civil War (Heritage, 2001), page 80. From a 9/15/1985 clipping found at the Giamatti Center, Cooperstown. [C] The Daily Chronicle and Sentinel [Augusta?] 1860, specific date unreported. [D] Source missing at Protoball. |
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| Submitted by | Craig Waff; Richard Hershberger |
| Submission Note | CBW September 2008; RRH, 10/5/2020 |
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1859.4 Base Ball Club Forms in Augusta GA: Town Ball Also Reported"
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