National Club of Mexico City v Telephone Club of Mexico City on 23 July 1882
| Date of Game | Sunday, July 23, 1882 |
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| Location | Mexico City, Mexico |
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| Field | Add Field Page Santiago grounds |
| Home Team | National Club of Mexico City |
| Away Team | Telephone Club of Mexico City |
| Score | 24 - 27 |
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| Innings | 9 |
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| NY Rules | Yes |
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| Description | "North American workmen for the Mexican National and Mexican Central Railroads organized baseball teams in the capital city in 1882. Sporadic play resulted in permanent organization of the Base Ball Association in 1887, with three teams one of which comprised only Mexican players. " William H. Beezley, "The First Valenzuela and the Rise of Baseball in Mexico," North American Society for Sports History, Newsletter, 1984. The modern Mexican League was created in 1925. The Chicago White Sox made a training trip to Mexico in 1907, defeating "Mexico's top team," El Record, 12-2. See Virtue, "South of the Color Barrier," p. 27. "The Two Republics," an English-language newspaper in Mexico City, reports on Thursday, July 27, 1882: "First Base-Ball Match in Mexico. Last Sunday morning [July 23] the first game of base-ball in Mexico was played at Santiago between the National and Telephone Base Ball Clubs, with a score of 27 to 24 in favor of the latter." Same, Aug. 3, 1882, under the heading "Base Ball," reports on the rematch of the two teams on "the grounds at Santiago" on July 30th. The Nationals won 31-11. The article gives a box score, and all the players have Anglo names. According to Beezley, "Judas at the Jockey Club..." pp. 19-20, first game appears to have been played July 28, 1882, between the employees of two railroads. Most (all?) of the players were Americans working on the railroads. The National BBC beat the Telephone BBC 31 to 11. A July 26, 1887 baseball game there featured the Railroad and City teams, with the City team winning 27 to 4 in five innings. |
| Sources | William H. Beezley, "The First Valenzuela and the Rise of Baseball in Mexico," North American Society for Sports History, Newsletter, 1984. Beezley, "Judas at the Jockey Club..." pp. 19-20. "The Two Republics," July 27, Aug. 3, 1882. |
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| Comment | In 1900 Mexico City was the country's largest city, with 344,000 inhabitants. Other cites in Mexico were Guadalajara (2nd with 101,000), Puebla (3rd with 91,000), Leon (4th with 63,000), Monterrey (5th with 62,000), Merida (7th with 43,000), Oaxaca (12th, 35,000), Orizaba (15th, 32,000) Durango (16th, 31,000) and Veracruz (18th, 29,000). [ba] Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
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| Entered by | Bruce Allardice |
| First in Location | Mexico City, Mexico |
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