Early baseball in Minnesota/Club 35
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| Location | Minnesota |
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| Year | 1873 |
| Month | 4 |
| Date | 18 |
| City | Brainerd |
| State | MN |
| Country | USA |
| Nickname | Cass Base Ball Club |
| Found by | Rich Arpi |
A Base Ball Club has been organized in Brainerd and not satisfied with one club, they are going to organize another one (Tribune, April 19, 1873)
Cass Base Ball Club organized on April 18, 1873.....list of officers and first and second nines (Tribune, April 26, 1873)
Our base ball fellows are acquiring a fearfully big muscle on their legs, and will soon be able to travel on that article (Tribune, May 10, 1873)
no further base ball news in 1873
Brainerd incorporated in 1873...had a population of 5,703 in 1890 and a high population of 13,590 in 2010. It is about 125 miles N of Minneapolis.
Sources
Brainerd Tribune, April 19 & April 26 & May 10, 1873
