Early baseball in South Dakota/Club 16

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Location	South Dakota
Year	1887
City	Mitchell
State	SD
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Bismarck Daily Tribune Aug. 17, 1887 says the Mitchell BBC declines a challenge from Woonsocket. The Mitchell (SD) Daily Republican, Aug. 23, 1888 prints the schedule of the Mitchell Base Ball Association. Mitchell has six teams that will play each other. Each team is named after a Major League city [e.g., Detroit].

Sources

The Bismarck (ND) Daily Tribune Aug. 17, 1887; The Mitchell (SD) Daily Republican, Aug. 23, 1888