Olympics Base Ball Club of St. Paul

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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."

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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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