Figure 1.-- Here we see the champion club team in I think Montreal during 1902. The team was called the Shamricks, suggesting they may be Irish boys. An article indicated that they were the championship youth club, but did not say where. We do not know enough about the publication to know where it was published, but would guess Montreal. Source: "L'album universel", vol. 19 no 24 . p. 573, Octobre 11, 1902.

Baseball appears to have been a very popular sport in Canada. We get the impression that after hockey, baseball has been the most popular sport in Canada. We are not sure when it first appeared, but we note it being played at the turn of the 20th century. Canada is one of the few countries outside of the United States and the Caribbean islands where the sport is popular. We are not sure how baseball spread to Canada. Dis Americans move to Canada or was it more because Caadians read American publications. We notice both French-Canandian as well as English-Canadian boys playing sports like baseball. We are not sure how youth baseball was organized in Canada. We note club sports at the turn of the 20th century, both for baseball and hockey.

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