Early baseball in Minnesota/Club 8

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Location	Minnesota
Year	1859
Month	8
Date	15
Note on date	organized prior to August 15th
City	St. Paul
State	Minnesota
Country	USA
Nickname	Upper Town Base Ball Club
Found by	Rich Arpi

beat the Lower Town Base Ball Club on Monday, August 15, 1859....51 to 25

probably organized earlier that summer.

Sources

St. Paul Daily Minnesotian, Wednesday, August 17, 1859