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Canadian baseball during WWI: When the 7th Canadian Engineer Battalion ruled Europe

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Canadian baseball during WWI: When the 7th Canadian Engineer Battalion ruled Europe Blue Bird Banter Two years ago, Minor Leaguer recounted how soldiers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force celebrated Dominion Day (now known as Canada Day) in 1918 with the Canadian Corps Championships, a grand sporting event held just a few kilometres away from the front lines of World War I. The climax of the event was the finals of the Corps Baseball Championship. In what was an 11-inning thriller, the 7th Canadian Engineer Battalion triumphed 3-2 over the 1st Divisional Ammunition Column. READ MORE

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