In Mobile in 1855

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Date of Game 1855
Game Town Ball
Location Mobile, AL, United States
Field  Add Field Page "the public square"
Has Source On Hand No
NY Rules No - Predecessor
Description

The Savannah Daily Morning News, Jan. 24, 1855 picks up a report from a Mobile newspaper that "about twenty"  bored sea captains in that city "collected on Thursday, on the public square, headed by Capt. B, and went it with a rush as town-ball."

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The Savannah Daily Morning News, Jan. 24, 1855

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Submitted by Bruce Allardice



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