Dr. Bluestone's nine v Mr. Magnes' nine on 4 July 1927

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Date of Game Monday, July 4, 1927
Location Jerusalem, Israel
Field  Add Field Page Maccabi Playing Field
Home Team  Add Club Page Dr. Bluestone's nine
Away Team  Add Club Page Mr. Magnes' nine
Description

In 1927, "the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . . . played baseball with the university's first president Judan Magnes playing second base . . . ."

Josh Chetwynd, Baseball in Europe (McFarland, 2008), page 210.

Jack Kugelmass, "Jews, Sports and the Rites of Citizenship," p. 142 adds (based on a 1967 letter to the editor of a Jerusalem newspaper) that the game was played by Americans, mostly Jewish but including some Quakers and others, students and teachers. The nines were captained by Dr. Bluestone and Mr. Magnes. The game was played at the Maccabi playing field, behind the Old Shimon Hatzaki Quarter.

The Israel Association of Baseball was founded Dec. 1986.

Sources

Josh Chetwynd, Baseball in Europe (McFarland, 2008), page 210.

Jack Kugelmass, "Jews, Sports and the Rites of Citizenship," p. 142 

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Found by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Israel
Players Locality Non-local
Entry Origin Sabrpedia



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