Friday, April 27, 2012

Popularity

Baseball was the most popular sport among Fargo children in 1897. It was popular enough for the May 22, 1897 Fargo Forum and Daily Republican to print this: "Baseball kids are prohibited from operating in the Northern Pacific Park - too many plate glass fronts endangered by foul balls." I hope those downtown business owners were forgiving (of course, several of them bankrolled the 1897 team).

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