Early baseball in Minnesota/Club 38

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Location	Minnesota
Year	1891
Month	7
Date	4
City	Two Harbors
State	Minnesota
Country	USA
Nickname	Two Harbors Base Ball Club
Found by	Rich Arpi

" A matched game of base ball was played here on the Fourth which resulted in 9 scores to 30. Stakes, $ 30.00"

first documented game in the city of Two Harbors.....

population in 1890 was 1,224.....high population was 4,990 in 1910.

Sources

The Iron Port, Thursday, July 9, 1891 (Two Harbors, Mn), p. 3 local news