Early baseball in Minnesota/Club 21
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| Location | Minnesota |
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| Year | 1901 |
| Month | 7 |
| Date | 4 |
| City | Bemidji |
| State | MN |
| Country | USA |
| Nickname | Bemidji Base Ball Club |
| Found by | Rich Arpi |
Paper of July 11th gives score of a game held in Cass Lake on July 4th with Cass Lake winning 9-2 in seven innings.
Issues prior to 1901 need to be checked; so it is likely earlier games will be found.
Bemidji incorporated in 1896 and Pioneer newspaper starts publication in that year.
population of 2,183 in 1900 and 13,431 in 2010 (high).
Bimidji MN is about 200 miles N of Minneapolis in northern MN.
Sources
Bemidji Weekly Pioneer, Thursday, July 11, 1901
