1860.58

Many Tackle the New Game in Macon, But a Few Secede

Salience	Noteworthy
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Location	GeorgiaGeorgia
City/State/Country:	Macon, GA, United States
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Game	Base BallBase Ball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
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Text	In early 1860, the Olympic Club of Macon GA played a series of intramural games, most apparently while trying to follow Association rules. The Macon Weekly Telegraph recorded five [and another that may be misdated] games in February and March, each with a box score. The issue of Feb. 28, 1860, reported that the Olympic favord the "fly game." However, defection was in the air: "A number of gentlemen are about to form another base ball club, the game to be played after fashion in the South twenty years ago, when old field schools [school fields, maybe?] were the scenes of trial and activity and rosy cheeked girls were the umpires."
Sources	Macon Telegraph, March 12, 1860. All seven articles were accessed via subscription search, May 20-21, 2009.
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