Description: 1930 FIFA WORLD CUP SOCCER Very 1st Championship Tournament Old NYC Newspaper Shown is an original & historic old newspaper, offered to enhance your collectible interest: THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 14, 1930 * First World Cup Soccer games * Damaged issue - fraction of price The World Cup tournament began in 1930, with Wikipedia noting its creation: "Due to the success of soccer at the Olympic games,an official game beginning in 1908, the FIFA started looking at staging its own international tournament outside of the Olympics. On 28 May 1928, the FIFA Congress in Amsterdam decided to stage a world championship organized by FIFA. With Uruguay now two-time official football world champions (as 1924 was the start of FIFA's professional era) and to celebrate their centenary of independence in 1930, FIFA named Uruguay as the host country of the inaugural World Cup tournament. The national associations of selected nations were invited to send a team, but the choice of Uruguay as a venue for the competition meant a long and costly trip across the Atlantic Ocean for European sides. Indeed, no European country pledged to send a team until two months before the start of the competition. Eventually teams from Belgium, France, Romania, and Yugoslavia made the trip. In total thirteen nations took part: seven from South America, four from Europe and two from North America. The first two World Cup matches took place simultaneously on 13 July 1930, and were won by France and USA, who defeated Mexico 4–1 and Belgium 3–0 respectively. In the final, Uruguay defeated Argentina 4–2 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people in Montevideo, and in doing so became the first nation to win the World Cup." This issue of the Times reports the first games of the very first World Cup tournament. As confirmed by Wikipedia, the report notes that the United States defeated Belgium and France defeated Mexico in games played simultaneously on the very first day of competition. With soccer being a somewhat unknown sport in the United States at the time, it is exceedingly difficult to find any 1930 reports of the World Cup in American newspapers, coverage lacking in several major city publications. The two column headline on the sports page reads: "U.S. Soccer Team Beats Belgiuum by 3-0; 20,000 See Word's Tourney in Montevideo" followed by the full report (see photos). A cornerstone piece for any soccer collection as any items from the very first World Cup are almost unobtainable today. This is one. Forty pages, various cutouts throughout with one on the front page. (see) But the sport's pages are untouched, light toning, minor margin wear, sold as is. Please Note: All of our offerings are 100% authentic! We do not offer reprints or reproductions of any kind. They are guaranteed to be original! Links to Archival Storage Options & Certificates of Authenticity Are Below! Historical reports may be beautiful or ugly, but they are always informative. While we rejoice in the beautiful (heroic, discovery, amazing feats, etc.), we at Historys Newsstand also offer "the ugly" for we are determined to learn from the wrongs of the past - understanding, to do so, we must be willing to look these wrongs directly in the face and shout "NO MORE!". It is for this reason many Black Americans collect historic slave ads, Jews collect reports regarding the Holocaust, women collect coverage of the Womens Suffrage Movement, etc.. If you find any to be offensive, we agree! Hopefully this is an indication we are moving in the right direction. Domestic Shipping Policy... For this specific item, A U.S. winner pays $10.00 S&H. If multiple items are purchased and paid for simultaneously, the S&H will be calculated by using the highest items S&H as the base cost, and then adding a small amount for each additional newspaper. The per-item additional cost for newspapers, folders, portfolios, and presentation cases vary according to size and weight. All U.S. orders include in-house insurance at no additional cost to the buyer and include delivery confirmation. All orders include tracking & delivery confirmation. Orders ship within 24 business hours of receiving payment. Some small items may be shipped 1st Class. We will still provide tracking and insure them at our expense. Combined Shipping Notice If the automated eBay checkout process does not properly combine shipping, we will refund overages automatically. If you prefer, contact us prior to payment to obtain a revised invoice. International Shipping Policy... If the S&H to your location is not given, international buyers/winners should contact us for an invoice which includes S&H. Import duties, taxes, VAT. etc. are not included in our quoted S&H. These charges are the buyer’s responsibility. Note: We will not falsify customs declarations or mark an item as a "gift" in order to avoid customs fees. If insurance is desired, be in touch for a quote. All insured orders are subject to customs, duties, & taxes for the amount insured and are the buyers responsibility. International purchasers are encouraged to take advantage of our combined shipping policy to lower the cost per item S&H. If you wish to take advantage of combined shipping, please do not pay for any until you are finished - and then contact us for a combined invoice. If You Are Unhappy With Your Order We make every effort to provide the best possible buying experience. If we fall short of your expectations in any way, please contact us so we can try to make things right for you. Archival Storage... ...is available for an additional $15.00, plus an appropriate adjustment to S&H (see above Shipping Policy). If desired, purchase this directly (through eBay) at: archival storage folder. Again, to insure you will receive the appropriately sized folder for your item, please select the $15.00 folder option. Certificate of Authenticity... A certificate of authenticity is also available for an additional $3.00, which includes both the issue date and title, and certifies, by Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers, the issue to be authentic & original. If desired, purchase this directly (through eBay) at: certificate of authenticity. About Us... Contact Information... We have been both collectors and dealers in rare newspapers since 1975, serve as consultants to multiple museums, and are members of both the Ephemera Society of America and the American Antiquarian Society. Bid & Buy with confidence knowing every item we offer is guaranteed to be authentic. Timothy Hughes Rare Newspapers P.O. Box 3636 Williamsport, PA 17701-8636 Hours: M-F, 7:30-4:00 EST View our additional ebay offerings "...desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things." Hebrews 13:18 In an effort to honor eBays policies and our loyal customers who watch our listings, we do not end auction items early. We hope you understand! "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." Thomas Jefferson
Price: 47 USD
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-12-13T19:24:25.000Z
Shipping Cost: 10 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Item Number: 644538
Content: Rare & Early collectible historic old newspaper