NEWSPAPERS, SPORT AND URBAN SOCIABILITY IN MEXICO DF (1851-1910)

Abstract

The study of the Mexican capital’s newspapers during the 1851-1909 period as the birth of
the sport in Mexico City refers to this activity comes within the bourgeoisie in capital and
main foreign colonies located in that city. In these years the sports landscape was dominated
by individual disciplines, which had a negative impact on the proper preparation and
training. With the birth of baseball in 1897, the workers sector participated in sports, so
we can consider that baseball contributed to the formation of recognition of class between
these social groups.