"International Baseball Match"

Date1876

DimensionsOverall (In Mat): 28 × 35.9 cm (11 × 14 1/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of the Strathroy-Cardoc Museum, Strathroy, Ontario, 2010

Object number2010.004.008

Label TextIn the summer of 1876, the London Tecumsehs played the Chicago Mutuals (above). They lost 16 to 6. The game took place at the old fairgrounds at Wellington and Pall Mall streets. Before that, the team had played on the garrison grounds until city officials created Victoria Park. The park's creators did not think baseball was an appropriate activity for the space.

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CopyrightPhoto Credit: Alex Walker