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|Name=Olympics Base Ball Club of St. Paul
|Name=Olympics Base Ball Club of St. Paul
|Club Name=Olympics
|Club Name=Olympics
|Type of Date=Day
|Type of Date=Day
|Date=1858/12/01
|Date=1858/12/01
|Date Note=
|Is Foundation Date=
|Date of Dissolution Type=Day
|Date of Dissolution Type=Day
|Date of Dissolution Note=
|Country=United States
|Country=United States
|State=MN
|State=MN
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|City=St. Paul
|City=St. Paul
|Modern Address=
|NABBP Status=
|NABBP Note=
|Description=<p>Founding date is from a book published in Minnesota in 1890. The club had a number of games covered in the St. Paul newspapers in 1859. The first captain was Samuel Pierce Jennison, later a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army.</p>
|Description=<p>Founding date is from a book published in Minnesota in 1890. The club had a number of games covered in the St. Paul newspapers in 1859. The first captain was Samuel Pierce Jennison, later a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army.</p>
<p>The full citation from the 1890 History of St. Paul by Andrews is..</p>
<p>The full citation from the 1890 History of St. Paul by Andrews is..</p>
<blockquote>"In December the first base-ball club was organized. It was called the Olympic; S.P. Jennison, captain, R.C. Munger, treasurer. About the same time a German Turner's Society was organized in Irvine's Hall."</blockquote>
<blockquote>"In December the first base-ball club was organized. It was called the Olympic; S.P. Jennison, captain, R.C. Munger, treasurer. About the same time a German Turner's Society was organized in Irvine's Hall."</blockquote>
|Sources=
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|Has Source On Hand=No
|Has Source On Hand=No
|Comment=<p>St. Paul had 10,401 residents in 1860 and 20,030 in 1870. It was the 71st largest US city in 1870. [ba]</p>
|Query=
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Submitted by=Rich Arpi
|Submitted by=Rich Arpi
|Submission Note=
|Entered by=
|First in Location=St. Paul, MN
|First in Location Note=
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Has Supplemental Text=No
|Is No Later Than=Yes
|Is No Later Than=Yes
|First Newspaper Mention=1858/12/01
|First Newspaper Mention=1858/12/01
|First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day
|First Newspaper Mention Date Type=Day
|First in Location=St. Paul, MN
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Nick Name Olympics
Earliest Known Date Wednesday, December 1, 1858
Location St. Paul, MN, United States
Description

Founding date is from a book published in Minnesota in 1890. The club had a number of games covered in the St. Paul newspapers in 1859. The first captain was Samuel Pierce Jennison, later a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army.

The full citation from the 1890 History of St. Paul by Andrews is..

"In December the first base-ball club was organized. It was called the Olympic; S.P. Jennison, captain, R.C. Munger, treasurer. About the same time a German Turner's Society was organized in Irvine's Hall."

Comment

St. Paul had 10,401 residents in 1860 and 20,030 in 1870. It was the 71st largest US city in 1870. [ba]

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Found by Rich Arpi
First in Location St. Paul, MN
Entry Origin Sabrpedia

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