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|Comment=<p>8 a side. Five innings. Nisbet's side 37, Emmell's side 27</p>
<p>The Macon Telegraph, Feb. 18, 1860 reports on a game last Saturday (the 11th, again?). Six innings, Capt. Grier's side 32, Capt. Boykin's side 34.</p>
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Date of Game Saturday, February 11, 1860
Location Macon, GA, United States
Field Fair Grounds, Macon
Home Team Olympic Club of Macon
Away Team Olympic Club of Macon
Score 37 - 27
Innings 5
Number of Players 8
NY Rules Likely
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From Protoball Entry #1860.58 – Many Tackle the New Game in Macon, But a Few Secede

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 showing modern defensive positions.

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." Macon Telegraph, March 12, 1860. All seven articles were accessed via subscription search, May 20-21, 2009. Macon GA is in central Georgia, about 80 miles SE of Atlanta.

NOTE -- As of October 2012, we are designating this game as the first played in Georgia.

Sources

Weekly Georgia Telegraph (Macon) Feb. 14, 1860

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Comment

8 a side. Five innings. Nisbet's side 37, Emmell's side 27

The Macon Telegraph, Feb. 18, 1860 reports on a game last Saturday (the 11th, again?). Six innings, Capt. Grier's side 32, Capt. Boykin's side 34.

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