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| Selection of baseball supplies in Holman’s Spring and Summer Catalogue, No. 36, 1925 |
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| Although participation in sport was increasing in the province in the mid-1800s, organized sport remained a predominantly elitist and urban activity for many years. Organizations such as the Charlottetown Cricket Club and the Fitzroy Lawn Tennis Club were established by wealthy professionals living in urban areas, who restricted club membership to a select few. However, the introduction of baseball to the province in the 1870s brought a greater dimension of social equality to the pursuit of sport. As well as appealing to those living in the Island's towns and cities, baseball enjoyed wide support from working-class participants living in rural areas of the Island, like Pisquid, Tracadie, and Fort Augustus. By the 1920s, the sport was well established in the province, with the organization of local leagues, involvement in inter-provincial play, and the attendance of large crowds of enthusiastic spectators. | | Next>>> | | Previous<<< |
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