PLAY BALL!

TAKE ME OUT TO THE SANDPOINT BALL GAME brought to you by THE BONNER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM

It is the season for baseball players to soak up the sun and slide in the dirt. In the early days, the Sandpoint team made quite a name for themselves.

Their legacy began in 1904 when the first Sandpoint Baseball Club was formed. The town was so invested that they put up a grandstand and added fencing around the field—although their field was interrupted by Spokane and International’s right of way going through it. In 1906, a proper field was secured in the Peterson Addition at the corner of Michigan Street and Euclid Avenue.

The historical Sandpoint Baseball team peaked in 1907 when they became known as one of the fastest semiprofessional teams in the entire Inland Empire. Highranking teams and players from all over, such as the best from Spokane, would come to Sandpoint and test the Sandpoint players’ title but did not succeed.