Early baseball in Minnesota/Club 1

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|Pagetext=Founding date is from a book published in Minnesota in 1890. The club had a number of games covered in the St. Paul newspapers in 1859. The first captain was Samuel Pierce Jennison, later a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army.
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Latest revision as of 02:58, 11 May 2012

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Location Minnesota
Year 1858
Month 12
Date 1
City Saint Paul
State MN
Country US
Nickname Olympics Base Ball Club
Found by Rich Arpi

Founding date is from a book published in Minnesota in 1890. The club had a number of games covered in the St. Paul newspapers in 1859. The first captain was Samuel Pierce Jennison, later a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army.

The full citation from the 1890 History of St. Paul by Andrews is..

"In December the first base-ball club was organized. It was called the Olympic; S.P. Jennison, captain, R.C. Munger, treasurer. About the same time a German Turner's Society was organized in Irvine's Hall."

Sources

Andrews, C.C. The History of St. Paul, 1890. pg. 75 (Events for 1858)