El Sporting Club of Merida

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Nick Name	El Sporting
Earliest Known Date	1890
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Location	Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	Beezley, "Judas at the Jockey Club..." p. 22: "In Yucatan, Cuban immigrants to Merida introduced the game, and local elites soon organized the powerful, and undefeated in 1892 and 1893, El Sporting Club." Klein, "Baseball on the Border," p. 32 says that "Cubans visiting the Yucatecan beaches introduced the game [baseball] to local families in 1890," citing Gil Joseph's research. See also Lara, "Historia del Beisbol en Yucatan," Part 1 1890-1906. Castillo-Barrio, Historia del beisbol Yucatan y Campeche...." p. 61, quotes the box score of a baseball game in "El Eco del Comercio," Oct. 16, 1892, and "la Revista de Merida," Oct. 18, 1892, with the Sporting Club defeating the America Club 29-6 in "la plaza de Santiago." Both teams have players with Hispanic surnames.
Sources	Beezley, "Judas at the Jockey Club..." p. 22; Lara, "Historia del Beisbol en Yucatan," Part 1 1890-1906. Castillo-Barrio, Historia del beisbol Yucatan y Campeche...." p. 61
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
First in Location	Yucatan, Mexico
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