Early baseball in Minnesota/Club 28
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| Location | Minnesota |
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| Year | 1898 |
| Month | 7 |
| Date | 2 |
| Note on date | no later than July 2 |
| City | Hibbing |
| State | MN |
| Country | USA |
| Nickname | Hibbing Base Ball Club |
| Found by | Rich Arpi |
Paper of July 2 announced three upcoming games with Proctorknott (now known just as Proctor), a community outside of Duluth for July 2, 3rd, and 4th. Games to be called at 3:15 p.m. with admission of 0.25 cents. Starting lineup for Hibbing announced.
Paper of July 9 gave the scores and brief accounts of these three games: Proctor 6-4 in the first game; Hibbing 13 to 11 in the second; and Proctor 22-15 in the third game.
Hibbing Sentinel of 1894-1895 checked; no games found. 1896-1897 still needs to be checked.
Hibbing established in July 1893. It is about 65 miles NW of Duluth.
Population: est. 1,400 in August 1895; 2,481 in 1900.....high of 21,193 in 1980.
Sources
Hibbing Sentinel, Saturday July 2 and July 9, 1898
