Early baseball in Minnesota/Club 22
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| Location | Minnesota |
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| Year | 1903 |
| Month | 7 |
| Date | 30 |
| Note on date | week previous to July 30th |
| City | White Earth Objiwe Nation |
| State | MN |
| Country | USA |
| Nickname | White Earth Base Ball Club |
| Found by | Rich Arpi |
issue of July 30, 1903 reported on a base ball game between a Native-American club, the White Earth Nation (Objibwe), and the Bemidji Base Ball Club. Bemidji won 23-4. They played several more games over the next couple of years.
Newspapers prior to 1903 need to be checked to see if there were earlier games.
White Earth, MN is about 210 miles NW of Minneapolis.
Sources
Bemidji Pioneer (weekly) July 30, 1903
