Club of Penfield (Mercer U.)

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Nick Name	Mercer
Earliest Known Date	Saturday, May 23, 1868
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Location	Penfield (Mercer U.), GA, United States
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Description	The “Sophomores” Base Ball Club of the University of Georgia defeated a Mercer University baseball club 73-11 on May 23, 1868. The Mercer club had been in existence only two months.[Macon Telegraph, July 3, 1868] Washington Gazette, Oct. 8, 1869 mentions the Mercer BBC of Mercer University. The University of Georgia is in Athens GA. Mercer College was founded in Penfield GA and moved to Macon in 1871. Penfield is about 25 miles S of Athens.
Sources	Washington Gazette, Oct. 8, 1869
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
First in Location	Penfield (Mercer U.), GA
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