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from the New Orleans Times-Picayune, May 20, 1871:
BASE BALL
There was a contest of base ball played here yesterday between the Lee Club and the Pelican Club, with the Pelican Club victorious by a tally of 5-2. This is not news in and of itself; what makes it newsworthy is that the contest marked the first within the confines of the Amateur Base Ball Association of the Confederacy. The ABBAC is a brand-new sporting endeavor organized by Colonel D.R. Hundley of Montgomery, Alabama. The ABBAC is charging admission to contests between its member clubs, which number only four: the aforementioned Lees and Pelicans of New Orleans, plus Hundley's own Montgomery "Rowdies" and the St. Louis Amateur Base Ball Club, nicknamed the Grays.
The clubs are not limited to contests with other ABBAC members; they may make matches with any other amateur club. The players, as amateurs, are not paid - all proceeds go to the ABBAC and are used to pay for equipment and rental of the grounds, with anything left over being earmarked for the Confederate Widows and Orphans Fund.
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