Early baseball in Minnesota/Club 15
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|Nickname=Gopher State Base Ball Club | |Nickname=Gopher State Base Ball Club | ||
|Submitter=Rich Arpi | |Submitter=Rich Arpi | ||
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|Pagetext=Paper of date below reported the score (with runs and outs for each player) of a game played the previous Wednesday (June 5) between the Gopher State Base Ball Club and the Rochester Base Ball Club. The Gopher State Club won 39-22. | |Pagetext=Paper of date below reported the score (with runs and outs for each player) of a game played the previous Wednesday (June 5) between the Gopher State Base Ball Club and the Rochester Base Ball Club. The Gopher State Club won 39-22. | ||
- | note: a number of challenges between these two teams were noted in the Rochester Post at least a month earlier but this is the first game with a recorded score. So it is quite likely that both clubs were organized previous to May 1867. | + | note: a number of challenges between these two teams were noted in the Rochester Post at least a month earlier but this is the first game with a recorded score. So it is quite likely that both clubs were organized previous to May 1867. |
- | |Sources=Rochester Post, Saturday, June 8, 1867 | + | |Sources=Rochester Post, Saturday, June 8, 1867 |
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Latest revision as of 01:36, 17 October 2012
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Location | Minnesota |
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Year | 1867 |
Month | 6 |
Date | 5 |
Note on date | no later than June 5, 1867 |
City | Rochester |
State | MN |
Country | USA |
Nickname | Gopher State Base Ball Club |
Found by | Rich Arpi |
Paper of date below reported the score (with runs and outs for each player) of a game played the previous Wednesday (June 5) between the Gopher State Base Ball Club and the Rochester Base Ball Club. The Gopher State Club won 39-22.
note: a number of challenges between these two teams were noted in the Rochester Post at least a month earlier but this is the first game with a recorded score. So it is quite likely that both clubs were organized previous to May 1867.
Sources
Rochester Post, Saturday, June 8, 1867