Olympic Club of Macon

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Nick Name Olympic
Earliest Known Date September 1859
Location Macon, GA, United States
Description

The Augusta Daily Constitutionalist, Sept. 24, 1859: "There is a Base Ball Club in Macon, Georgia." Same, Augusta Weekly Constitutionalist, Sept. 28, 1859.

The Macon Telegraph, February 11, 1860 reported that the Olympic Base Ball Club played a game “last Saturday." The two nines of this club were under captains Collins and Rogers. These men are George Tyler Rogers (1838-91), a grocer, and Dr. Appleton P. Collins (1835-86). Numerous articles in the Macon Telegraph report on the Olympic's games—perhaps because one of the team’s organizers, Dr. Richard H. Nisbet (1832-1870), was a cousin of the newspaper’s editor, James T. Nisbet. A member of the city’s leading family, the Nisbets, Dr. Nisbet had been educated at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and perhaps been exposed to the game there.

As of October 2012, this appears to be the first modern game played in Georgia.

This club reformed post-Civil War. It was reported to have "expired" in 1866 (Macon Telegraph, March 11, 1866) but seems to have revived, as its reported playing games 1867-70. The New York Clipper, May 16, July 18, 1868 gives the box score of two games the Olympic played.

Macon GA (1860 population: about 8,300) is in central Georgia, about 85 miles SE of Atlanta.

Sources

The Augusta Daily Constitutionalist, Sept. 24, 1859

Comment

The Macon Telegraph, Nov. 5th, 1860 has an ad for the annual meeting of this club.

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location GA
Entry Origin Sabrpedia

Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

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Year Games Wins Losses Ties
1860 5 Played 0 Won 0 Lost 0 Tied
1861 2 Played 0 Won 0 Lost 0 Tied

Ballgames

Page Date City Borough State Team 1 Team 2 Score First in Contributor
Ballgame 1860-02-11 Macon GA Olympic Club of Macon Olympic Club of Macon 32 - 34 Macon, GA Bruce Allardice
Ballgame 1860-02-25 Macon GA Olympic Club of Macon Olympic Club of Macon 42 - 47 Bruce Allardice
Ballgame 1860-03-10 Macon GA Olympic Club of Macon Olympic Club of Macon 69 - 61 Bruce Allardice
Ballgame 1860-03-24 Macon GA Olympic Club of Macon Olympic Club of Macon 62 - 20 Bruce Allardice
Ballgame 1860-12-12 Macon GA Olympic Club of Macon Olympic Club of Macon Bruce Allardice
Ballgame 1861-03-16 Macon GA Olympic Club of Macon Olympic Club of Macon 34 - 12 Bruce Allardice
Ballgame 1861-04-09 Macon GA Olympic Club of Macon Olympic Club of Macon 53 - 29 Bruce Allardice

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