Early baseball in Poland/Game 1
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| - | + | |Pagetext=Baseball made its Polish debut on 30 May 1919 in a town near Warsaw called Modlin, according to a 2002 article in the Warsaw Voice. This matchup probably featured American or Canadian military personnel competing in a post-World War I contest. The occurrence raised little attention. . . . Poland played its own traditional bat-and-ball game . . . dating back centuries, and, by the 1920s the game of palant had a popular following." | |
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| - | Baseball made its Polish debut on 30 May 1919 in a town near Warsaw called Modlin, according to a 2002 article in the Warsaw Voice. This matchup probably featured American or Canadian military personnel competing in a post-World War I contest. The occurrence raised little attention. . . . Poland played its own traditional bat-and-ball game . . . dating back centuries, and, by the 1920s the game of palant had a popular following." | + | |
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| - | Josh Chetwynd, Baseball in Europe (McFarland, 2008), page 219. | + | |
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Latest revision as of 15:10, 22 July 2010
| Spread of baseball: Home -> Poland -> Early baseball in Poland/Game 1 |
| Location | Poland |
|---|---|
| Year | 1919 |
| Month | 5 |
| Date | 30 |
| City | Modlin |
| Country | Poland |
| Was NY rules baseball | Yes |
| Played by | Non-locals |
Baseball made its Polish debut on 30 May 1919 in a town near Warsaw called Modlin, according to a 2002 article in the Warsaw Voice. This matchup probably featured American or Canadian military personnel competing in a post-World War I contest. The occurrence raised little attention. . . . Poland played its own traditional bat-and-ball game . . . dating back centuries, and, by the 1920s the game of palant had a popular following."
Sources
Josh Chetwynd, Baseball in Europe (McFarland, 2008), page 219.
