Baseball at the 1924 Summer Olympics

An unofficial exhibition baseball game was played at the 1924 Summer Olympics on July 18, 1924[1][2] 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.[3][4][5] The pitcher for the United States team was named Kilmer and was from Yonkers, New York.[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]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "CLUBS BASEBALL FRANCAIS EN EUROPE RESULTATS DES CLUBS FRANÇAIS EUROPEENS" (PDF). French Federation of Baseball and Softball. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  3. ^ "A Century-Old Tradition". Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  4. ^ "Timeline". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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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