Editing Early baseball in Minnesota/Game 9

{{Origins-game
|Location=Minnesota
|Year=1867
|Month=7
|Date=10
|City=Mankato
|State=Minnesota
|Country=USA
|Site=Mankato
|Modern-address=Mankato MN
|NYBaseball=Likely
|Locals=Locals
|Team1=North Star BBC of St. Paul
|Team2=Frontier BBC of Mankato
|Score1=57
|Score2=14
|Length=9 innings
|Submitter=Rich Arpi
|First=No
|Approved=Yes
|Pagetext=Base Ball Match.---The North Star Club of St. Paul, to the number of fourteen members arrived per Mollie, on Wednesday morning last, and were taken in charge by the Frontier club who assigned rooms for them at the Clifton and Mankato Hotels. The morning was spent in visiting the Minneinneopa Falls, which our guests declare far surpass in beauty and romance any falls in the State. At two o'clock, a crowd in carriages and under awnings to the number of seven or eight hundred persons had gathered to witness the match game. The band under the direction of B. Sibley entertained the people with some excellent music, while Wallace had a large run on soda, lemonade, & c. Capt. Howe of Owatonna was chosen Umpire and Mssrs. John Wilson and Ira S. Smith were the scorers. Frontier Club had the first innings and the result of the game we give in the subjoined table. 

North Star             outs     runs 

Olin, p                  5        5 
W. Wilson, c             2        8 
Paine, 1st b             2        7 
C. Wilson, ss            2        7 
Tostevin, 2nd b          3        5 
H. Wilson, c.f.          3        7 
Spencer, l.f.            2        6 
P. Wilson, 3d. b         4        6 
Oakes, r.f.              4        6 

totals                  27       57 

Frontier

Wm Bradley, c             4       1 
A.S. White, p             1       3 
Dr. Stauffer, s.s.        4       0 
H. DeGroodt, 1st b.       6       0 
W. Fowler, 3d b.          2       1 
B. Comstock, 3d b.        4       1 
M. Wilkinson, r.f.        2       3 
C. Pratt, l.f.            2       3
Dr. Frisbie, c.f.         3       2 

totals                   27      14 


North Star          5   2   6      5  13  2     17  2   5    =   57 
Frontier            0   3   1      4   1  2      0  1   2    =   14

It was expected that our club would be severely beaten but it was hoped that our boys would at least play with their usual skill. the batting of our boys was unusually poor, so that but few rounds were made at each inning. The fielding was better but not in the aggregate as good as we have seen on other occasions. It was like raw recruits meeting war worn veterans, and they were not altogether at ease with their antagonists. We must mention that Walter Fowler on the 2nd base, played both as a fielder and batter, with great skill and coolness. A.S. White the pitcher is a vigorous and skillful player and in his position did admirably well. He and Morton Wilkinson and C. Pratt made the greatest number of rounds, and Mr. Pratt made two very nice fly catches. DeGroodt caught the ball well but did not throw or bat well. Nothing worthy of special notice was observed of the other players; in fact they fell below their usual skill.

Among the Star Club were five brothers, one the scorer, and the other four in the game, named Wilson, the sons, we believe , of W.W. Wilson, Esq., late Assessor of the 2nd Congressional District. The club are in the splendid drill, and their experience has so far given them the position of champions of the State. This game will be of benefit to our club, and we venture a year hence that they be nearly a match for them. 

In the evening at Shoemaker's Hall a large party assembled in honor of our St. Paul friends, and with appropriate music the dance was extended far into the night. With the best of feeling the Clubs parted company yesterday morning and the North Star left on the Mollie for St. Paul. 

Note:  Apparent from the article that this was not the first game for the Frontier Club, but it was the first time that they had meet the North Star Club of St. Paul.
|Sources=Mankato Union, Friday, July 12, 1867  (page 3, columns 2-3)
}}