Early baseball in Minnesota/Game 12
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Location | Minnesota |
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Year | 1859 |
Month | 8 |
Date | 15 |
City | St. Paul |
State | MN |
Country | USA |
Site | St. Paul |
Was NY rules baseball | Likely |
Played by | Locals |
Team 1 | Upper Town Base Ball Club |
Team 2 | Lower Town Base Ball Club |
Team 1 Score | 51 |
Team 2 Score | 25 |
Length | 9 innings ? |
Found by | Rich Arpi |
Match Game--The Upper and Lower Town Base Ball Clubs had a match game on Monday evening last, in which the Upper Town Club came out ahead, having fifty-one tallies, while the Lower Town Club had twenty-five.
Note: Upper and Lower Town are neighborhoods of St. Paul (present day downtown). Lower Town is farther down the Mississippi River and was the site of the major steamboat landing and a warehouse district. Upper Town was further up the River and on a slight rise of ground in relation to Lower Town.
Sources
St. Paul Daily Minnesotan, Wednesday, August 17, 1859