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Early photograph of Huracán

Early photograph of Club A. Independiente

The author qualifies the growing professionalism in fútbol as a mistake. He believes that clubs who are willing to pay "gajes" (stipends or payments for hired labor) are ruining the amateur spirit of the sport.

Early photograph of Club River Plate

Interesting piece on the physics of falling to the ground; River Plate opens a new field (presumably in Núñez).

Early photograph of Club Atlanta

The makeup of the spectators in attendance is not heavily dominated by men, and includes many boys and girls. Of note is the contest by which El Domingo offered a 10 peso prize for those spectators circled in the photo (a novel way of trying to sell…

Consensus is that Alumni disbanded following the 1912 season. Here, in 1917, appears a portrait of Alumni's football team. Is this an old photo?

The weekly magazine El Domingo began publication in 1916. These images cover the period from May 13, 1917 to November 17, 1917. Within its pages are some of the ealriest sports writing in Argentina (outisde of newspapers).

This magazine, aimed at the Argentinean upper crust, does not mention soccer among the sports of the country.