Nininger Base Ball Club

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Nick Name	Nininger Base Ball Club
Earliest Known Date	Monday, August 3, 1857
Last Known Game
Location	Nininger, MN, United States
Modern Address	Nininger Township, Dakota County
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Nine Class
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Description	Nininger Base Ball Club, Minnesota Territory.---The first Base Ball Club established in Minnesota was organized at Nininger City, Dakota County, on the 8th of August, by the election of Geo. H. Burns, president, and A.W. MacDonald, secretary and treasurer. The rules of the Base Ball Convention were adopted, and the first regular game was played on the 15th inst., in the presence of a large number of spectators. The members meet every afternoon for practice, and propose at an early day to extend a challenge to the "whole West." A magnificent level prairie, constituting a portion of Messrs. Donnelly & Burns' "addition to Nininger City," has been leased by the club, and, even without the improvements which are contemplated, presents a field which would excite a cricketer's admiration. We hope soon to chronicle similar organizations in the same neighborhood. Note: Emigrant Aid Journal claims club was organized on August 3rd, and played inter-squad games on August 8 and 15, although no scores were recorded. Nininger, a real estate venture of politican Ignatius Donnelly and some of his Philadelphia friends never grew very large and was abandoned in the economic panic of 1857. Nininger Township, in Dakota County, north of the present day city of Hastings is all that remains to remind us of Nininger. Nininger MN is about 20 miles SE of St. Paul and 25 miles SE of Minneapolis.
Sources	Porter's, Aug. 29, 1857
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Found by	Rich Arpi
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

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Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1857	2 Played	0 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied

Ballgames

Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1857-08-08	Nininger		MN	Nininger Base Ball Club	Inter-squad		MN	Rich Arpi
Ballgame	1857-08-15	Nininger		MN	Nininger Base Ball Club	Inter-squad			Rich Arpi

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