The First World Series was played in 1903. The Boston Americans beat the Pittsburgh Pirates four games to three. Game one was played at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds as Boston of the American League was the home team. The National League games were played at Exposition Park III in Pittsburgh.
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According to the National College Baseball Hall of fame, the first college baseball game occured on July 1, 1859, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, between Williams College and Amherst College. Amherst won the game 73-32 in 25 innings. (The game was conducted under the 'Massachusetts Rules' that prevailed in New England in the mid-19th century before the adoption there of the 'Knickerbocker Rules' that developed into modern baseball.)
See http://www.collegebaseballfoundation.org/story.php?storyID=19
The first (modern) World Series was played in 1903, with the Boston Americans (now the Boston Red Sox) in the American League playing against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League. It was a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing 4-3.