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First Club Forms in St. Paul MN

Salience Noteworthy
Location Minnesota
City/State/Country: St. Paul, MN, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Text

"In December (1858) the first base-ball club was organized, It was called the Olympic: S. P. Jennison, captain."

 

Sources

C. C. Andrews, History of St. Paul, Minnesota (D. Mason and Co., Syracuse, 1890), page 75.

Comment

Several Olympic games were covered in the St. Paul Daily Times in 1859, starting in June.

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Submitted by Robert Tholkes
Submission Note December 2009



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