Early baseball in South Dakota/Club 5
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| Location | South Dakota |
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| Year | 1884 |
| City | Clark |
| State | SD |
| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
Aberdeen [SD] Saturday Pioneer, Aug. 28, 1884, says that "last week" the lawyers of Clark beat the merchants 47-45 in a baseball game.
Aberdeen (1890 pop. about 3,200) is in the northeast part of the state.
Sources
Aberdeen [SD] Saturday Pioneer, Aug. 28, 1884
