Early baseball in Minnesota/Club 1
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Location | Minnesota |
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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)