Baseball at the 1924 Summer Olympics
An unofficial exhibition baseball game was played at the 1924 Summer Olympics on July 18, 1924[1] with an American club team beating the Ranelagh Club of France 5–0 in a game which didn't go beyond three or four innings due to poor field conditions.[2][3][4] The pitcher for the United States team was named Kilmer and was from Yonkers, New York.[5]
Despite at least some players in the baseball game being adults,[6] the match was considered part of the Jeux de L’Enfance, a youth sports competition accompanying the 1924 Olympics.[7] Baseball was not recognized by the International Olympic Committee as an official demonstration sport in 1924,[8] though the match was included in the Official Report of the Games.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "BASEBALL IN PARIS TODAY.; U.S. Olympic Nine to Play Ranelagh Club in Exhibition". The New York Times. 1924-07-18. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ "A Century-Old Tradition". Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ "Timeline". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ Taubert, Marc (2023-04-10). "Le Ranelagh, plus vieux club de baseball d'Île-de-France, veut promouvoir ce sport aux JO-2024". France 3 Paris Ile-de-France (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ "U.S. NINE DEFEATS RANELAGH CLUB, 5-0; Kilmer of Yonkers Pitches Americans to Victory in First Olympic Exhibition". The New York Times. 1924-07-19. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ Berliner, Brett A. (2011). "Syncopated Hits: The Clef Club Negro Baseball Team in Jazz-Age Paris". NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture. 19 (2): 44–52. doi:10.1353/nin.2011.0009. ISSN 1534-1844.
- ^ Barker, Philip (2015-03-03). "Did the first Youth Olympics really take place in Paris 100 years ago?". International Society of Olympic Historians – ISOH. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ "Demonstration sports : history at the Olympic Summer Games / The Olympic Studies Centre". Olympic World Library. 2024-01-19. Archived from the original on 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ^ "Jeux de la VIIIeme Olympiade Paris 1924 : Rapport Officiel du Comité Olympique Français". LA84 Foundation. p. 628. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
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