Early baseball in Lithuania/Game 1
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"Long before it was a Soviet republic, Lithuania was a baseball-playing nation. The sport was first introduced to the country in 1922 by Steponas Darius, a Lithuanian who grew up in Chicago. In 1920 Darius [by then a World War I vet and former University of Chicago student] returned to the newly-independent Lithuania . . . . Among the games he introduced, basketball enjoyed the greatest success." But in 1922 he also launched a baseball league. | "Long before it was a Soviet republic, Lithuania was a baseball-playing nation. The sport was first introduced to the country in 1922 by Steponas Darius, a Lithuanian who grew up in Chicago. In 1920 Darius [by then a World War I vet and former University of Chicago student] returned to the newly-independent Lithuania . . . . Among the games he introduced, basketball enjoyed the greatest success." But in 1922 he also launched a baseball league. | ||
Josh Chetwynd, Baseball in Europe (McFarland, 2008), page 215. | Josh Chetwynd, Baseball in Europe (McFarland, 2008), page 215. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:44, 14 April 2010
| Spread of baseball: Home -> Lithuania -> Early baseball in Lithuania/Game 1 |
| Location | Lithuania |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Was NY rules baseball | Yes |
| Played by | Locals |
"Long before it was a Soviet republic, Lithuania was a baseball-playing nation. The sport was first introduced to the country in 1922 by Steponas Darius, a Lithuanian who grew up in Chicago. In 1920 Darius [by then a World War I vet and former University of Chicago student] returned to the newly-independent Lithuania . . . . Among the games he introduced, basketball enjoyed the greatest success." But in 1922 he also launched a baseball league.
Josh Chetwynd, Baseball in Europe (McFarland, 2008), page 215.
