Early baseball in Idaho/Club 5
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| Location | Idaho |
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| Year | 1873 |
| City | Lapwai |
| State | ID |
| Nickname | First Idaho BBC |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Lewiston "Idaho Signal" June 14, 1873 notes the "First Idaho Base Ball Club" of Fort Lapwai challenges the She-me-ne-kem BBC of Lewiston to visit them on the 4th for a match game. The Owyhee Avalanche of Ruby City, April 12, 1873, notes that the She-me-ne-kem BBC of Lewiston and the Lapwai BBC "played their first match at the latter place, March 26th, resulting in a vicgtory for the Lewiston boys."
Lapwai (current pop. about 1,100) is near Lewiston on the Idaho panhandle and about 100 miles NE of Walla Walla WA.
Sources
Lewiston "Idaho Signal" June 14, 1873; "Owyhee Avalanche" of Ruby City, April 12, 1873
