Baseball likely got started in North America in the mid-1800s.
The first game of Baseball played in the New World (North America) dates back to June 1838 and was played in Ontario, Canada.
The first professional baseball team in Canada was called the London Ontario Tecumsehs
The first official game of Baseball played in the United States was on the 19th of June, 1846 in Hoboken, New Jersey.
The first team in the United States to play baseball under modern rules was long believed to be the New York Knickerbockers who were founded in 1845.
Rules of this newfound game were always quite informal, being modified many times to reflect the preferences of the regions and the players. Accordingly, the spin-off game of mush ball (softball) was born in 1897 to accommodate more players to join in on the fun, with many teams of youngsters, men, and women getting together in all areas of communities and rural districts.
Many generations of Ponoka and district teams of boys and girls, men and women have always had a great reputation of being fierce but fun-loving competitors, and over the years have brought many championships and honours back home to Ponoka.
Some of the early legends of the diamonds from this area were Charlie Lewis, Rufus Headley, Harry Dittberner, the Froman and Stephen’s boys, Frenchy De’Rosie, Big Dave Morgan, Dick Latiff, Don Moller, Jack McMillan, Cathy Galusha, Ola Olson, Kathy Akins. Another local lad, Ralph Vold, signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and pitched in their baseball organization from 1952-58.
These ball diamonds in front of you, if they could talk, would have countless hours/days/weeks of stories of games, tournaments and memories of years gone by. This cache owner has played many years of co-ed softball on these fields and it was during these years that he would meet a wonderful young lady who became his wife.
“Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.”
Yogi Berra