KP341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Western Canada League
22 Jan 2018
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How does this occur: development of baseball in canada. Why is baseball the most popular sport in 19th century canada. "it is a pleasant also to observe the twin growth of our indigenous american game of base-ball. June 4, 1838 beachville, on (7 years before baseball rules written down: sporadic play, village oriented nature of the game. Working class sport (unlike cricket: new york city rukes. First organized teams: hamilton 1854, players came from the working or labor class. No organizational superstructure: no regulatory association (like nla which enforced amateurism) Relation to locality and community: woodstock 1860s, guelph and london 1870s. American oriented: not looking towards england or empire for motivation, american rules and play against american teams in exhibition. Guelph and london tecumseh"s along with 5 american teams. Displays the american and community focus of the sport: concerns over professionalism.
