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|Description=<p>Freedman, "Diamonds in the Rough," p. 11, quotes an 1894 magazine article by General Frederick Funston. Funston says that while in Alaska he found crews of whalers stranded on Herschel island by the ice. While stranded, the bored crews played baseball. "A league of seven teams was created" and they played all winter, even when the weather was well below zero. The local Eskimos often watched.</p>
|Description=<p>Freedman, "Diamonds in the Rough," p. 11, quotes an 1894 magazine article by General Frederick Funston. Funston says that while in Alaska he found crews of whalers stranded on Herschel island by the ice. While stranded, the bored crews played baseball. "A league of seven teams was created" and they played all winter, even when the weather was well below zero. The local Eskimos often watched.</p>
<p><span>The Alaska State Library online article on baseball in Alaska (accessed 12/14/2013) says: "The final score was the Roaring Gimlets 62 the Pig-Stickers 49. Yes, it was a baseball game! A game played on a December day in 1893 when the temperature was 38 degrees below zero. The diamond was on frozen ice, in a harbor near Herschel Island in the Arctic Ocean. The men off of the whaling ships, looking for a way to pass the time, formed the Herschel Island League and played through the long, cold months for the &ldquo;Arctic Whalemen&rsquo;s Pennant&rdquo;."</span></p>
<p><span>The Alaska State Library online article on baseball in Alaska (accessed 12/14/2013) says: "The final score was the Roaring Gimlets 62 the Pig-Stickers 49. Yes, it was a baseball game! A game played on a December day in 1893 when the temperature was 38 degrees below zero. The diamond was on frozen ice, in a harbor near Herschel Island in the Arctic Ocean. The men off of the whaling ships, looking for a way to pass the time, formed the Herschel Island League and played through the long, cold months for the &ldquo;Arctic Whalemen&rsquo;s Pennant&rdquo;."</span></p>
<p><span>Herschel Island is part of the Yukon, Canada</span></p>
|Sources=<p>Freedman, "Diamonds in the Rough," p. 11</p>
|Sources=<p>Freedman, "Diamonds in the Rough," p. 11</p>
<p>See also Matt Rothenberg, &ldquo;Putting the Game on Ice,&rdquo; National Baseball Hall of Fame</p>
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Location Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada
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Freedman, "Diamonds in the Rough," p. 11, quotes an 1894 magazine article by General Frederick Funston. Funston says that while in Alaska he found crews of whalers stranded on Herschel island by the ice. While stranded, the bored crews played baseball. "A league of seven teams was created" and they played all winter, even when the weather was well below zero. The local Eskimos often watched.

The Alaska State Library online article on baseball in Alaska (accessed 12/14/2013) says: "The final score was the Roaring Gimlets 62 the Pig-Stickers 49. Yes, it was a baseball game! A game played on a December day in 1893 when the temperature was 38 degrees below zero. The diamond was on frozen ice, in a harbor near Herschel Island in the Arctic Ocean. The men off of the whaling ships, looking for a way to pass the time, formed the Herschel Island League and played through the long, cold months for the “Arctic Whalemen’s Pennant”."

Herschel Island is part of the Yukon, Canada

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Freedman, "Diamonds in the Rough," p. 11

See also Matt Rothenberg, “Putting the Game on Ice,” National Baseball Hall of Fame

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