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Emilio Sabourin 1853-1897, founder of Havana B.B.C, played in the historic 1874 game at Palmar de Junco, also in the first official game of the Cuban Championship in 1878, was a patriot of the War of Independence against Spain in 1895, fell prisoner and was exiled to the prisons of Ceuta in Spain where he died in 1897, in 1953 on the centenary a monument was erected in his memory, in the homeplay of what was the disappeared Havana Park, today América Arias Maternity Hospital online and G, in Vedado, today December 27, 2022, the monument was reopened a few meters from the original place, it is now more visible to all those who pass through that place, I show photos of today's event, in the 1st photo I am next to the monument and other photos from today.

[Roland 49]

December 29, 1878, today marks the 144th anniversary of the start of the 1st Baseball Championship in Cuba, a game between Habana and Almendares won by Habana 21 runs x 20, played on the El Siboney grounds on Tulipán street in Cerro de La Havana. In the year 1940 it was decided that this day would be "Base Ball Day" and on December 29 the exaltations to the Hall of Fame of Cuba were made, I show a photo from an old newspaper announcing this historic game.

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Congratulations and good health I wish to my friends and to those who read my publications for the year 2023.

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I show from my Specialized Catalog part of the page of the Tomas Gutiérrez collection, you can see the album that opens in the form of an accordion

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Cigarros Punch, Armando Marsans

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Cigarros Billiken y La Moda 1928 Club Cincinnati card and poster. See my Specialized Catalog.

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In the collections of Cigarros Aguilitas and Cigarros Nacionales the same image of José de la Caridad Méndez was used.