Early baseball in Minnesota/Club 41
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| Location | Minnesota |
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| Year | 1874 |
| Month | 4 |
| Date | 18 |
| City | Worthington |
| State | Minnesota |
| Country | USA |
| Nickname | Worthington Base Ball Club |
| Found by | Rich Arpi |
"The base ball season is upon us, and the boys are busy at it every day in the park."
(Western Advance, Saturday, April 18, 1874, pp. 3, col. 2)
"Fourth of July Programme: ....."there will be a basket picnic dinner, after which there will be a matched game of base ball in the City Park, followed by a sack race..."
(Western Advance, Saturday, July 4, 1874, pp. 3, col. 5)
Western Advance for July 11, 1874 only mentioned that a base ball game was played.
Note: the base ball mentioned in the above articles may refer to games played by youths and not between organized teams of adults.
base ball not mentioned in 1875; resumes in 1876 with accounts of several games throughout the summer.
Worthington MN (1880 pop. abou 630) is about 170 miiles SW of Minneapolis and near the Iowa border.
Sources
Western Advance (Worthington, Minn.) April 18, July 4, July 11, 1874
