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SOME HISTORY
PERTAINING TO
GREAT SPORT
CHICAGO, Sept. 27 (by Associated
Press).—With the coming of the
world’s series, baseball takes a par
amount place in the thoughts of many
persons. The word “baseball” as a
designation for the national pastime
came into existence in the thirties
of the last century, according to his
torians, and is the evolution of the
name “round-ball,” which later be
came “townball” because the game
was played at town meetings.
There are two schools of thought
on the origin of the game of baseball.
Some claim that the game is the evo
lution of the old English game of
“rounders,” while others claim in
their writings that the sport is of
strictly American origin. Writers of
the first group say the game of
“rounders” can be traced to the
Netherlands, and in turn to Egypt,
even going so far as to suggest that
the Sphinx “may have been the first
umpire.”
Those who favor the idea that the
game originated with Americans, by
Americans, and for Americans, are
in the majority, however, and to Alex
ander J. Cartwright, a New York man,
the credit for originating the game
as now played is given by many
writers.
In 1842, it is written, Cartwright
broke in on a game of “one-old-cat”
which a gang of New York boys were
playing on the Murray Hill grounds,
and with a stick scratched a diamond
in the dust, telling the boys this was
the game they should play and sug
gesting a player for each base, three
“scouts” in the outfield, a pitcher and
a catcher. In the early days when
the game resembled cricket and any
ball hit by the batter was “fair” the
catcher had a scout to assist him.
First Baseball Club
The game as suggested by Cart
wright took form quickly and on
September 23, 1845, the Knicker
bocker club in New York was formed,
having the honor of being the first
baseball club, according to historical
writers of the game. The first con
test of the new game was played
between the Knickerbocker club and
another New York team on the Ely
sian fields, Hoboken, N. J. The New
York team won, 23 to 1. The first
tabulated score ever kept of the
game, histories record, was that print
ed by the New York Clipper, July Iti,
1853. The contest was played on
July 5 of that year between the
Knickerbocher and Gotham teams.
In the early days runs were called
“aces” and a team had to make 21
to have enough to won. Rule 1 of
the early set of rules, copies of which
have been preserved, says that all
players “must be punctual and ob
serve the time for the commencement
of the game.” This precaution was
necessary because in those days no
bases on balls were possible and it
was not uncommon for the pitcher to
throwr for half an hour before the bat
ter decided to strike.
A very few' changes in the basic
principles of the game as set forth
in the original twenty rules, made
in 1845, have been made. In Rule 2
of the original set it is provided that
“before the commencement of the
game the president shall appoint an
umpire, who shall keep the game in
a book and note all the violations of
the rules,” and Rule 17 states that
there shall be no appeal from the um
pire’s decision in case <j>f a dispute.
In 1848 a rule making it necessary for
a player to be “touched out” wras add
ed to the original code and at this i
time sliding to the bases made its
first appearance. Other changes
were made from time to time, making
the principles of the game the same
as they stand today.
Association Formed
Beginning with the Knickerbocker
and Gotham clubs, other organiza
tions sprang into being and a pioneer
convention of baseball clubs was held
in May, 1857. The next year twenty
five clubs sent delegates to New York
and “the National Association of
Baseball Players’’ was formed.
In the late 50’s the game spread to
Boston; Portland, Maine, took up the
pastime in 1858, and Buffalo and
Rochester, N. Y., followed. Chicago
started the game in 1856, and two
years later was playing match games
with Milwaukee.
When the game spread to San Fran
cico, in 1859, it developed into a wild
port. Profesional gamblers who in
fested the Pacific coast towns in the
early days bet heavily on the games,
according to historical accounts, and
the “spectators” were in the habit
of shooting off revolvers when a field
er was about to catch the ball.
Records show that New Orleans be
came interested in baseball in 1860,
then the Civil war put a stop to the
sport temporarily, but the soldiers
in the camps played, and writers say I
the war had a great deal to do with
the spread of the sport over the en
tire country.
In 1867 the Savannah team, accom
panied by a band and rooters, went
to Charleston to play for the cham
pionship of the South, it is chron
icled.
Harvard University combined with
the town boys in 1865 and organized j
the first college baseball team. Later j
Tufts and Yale followed. In 1864 and
1865 the “Atlantics” of Brooklyn won
all their games and held undisputed
title until 1866, when the Philadelphia
Athletics stepped in and handed the
champions a defeat. The two teams
played before a crowd estimated at
30,000 on October 1, 1866, and the
Athletics won, 31 to 12.
Professionalism Appears
It was considered a disgrace to
take money for playing in the early
days, but in 1866 three members of
the Brooklyn team were given $10 a
week for playing. This, according
to historians, was the turning point
in the game towards professionalism.
The first professional team is credit
ed to Rockford, 111., where x\. G. Spald
ing organized the “Forest City’s”
team. To Harry Wright, who went
to Cincinnati in 1867 from the Wash-!
ington Nationals, writers give the
credit for importing non-resident!
players for his team.
By 1874 professional, amateur and j
i semi-professional clubs had sprung!
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. up all over the country and baseball j
; truly became the national sport. In ;
1875 the “Association of Baseball j
! Flayers” expelled the Chicago club !
for refusing to play a return game,
; and thereupon, histories say, Spald
ing and McVey and some other Bos
, ton players jumped to Chicago. The
: Spalding revolution is given as the
reason for the formation of the Na
tional League in 1876.
The newly formed National League
i had for rivals the International Asso
ciation in 1877, the American Asso-!
ciation, Union Association and in
1900 the Amercan League, which
stands today as the only rival.
On account of important business
I shall be compelled to be absent from
Cordova for about twenty days. I
shall sail on the Watson on the 28th
of September and return to Cordova
about October 15.
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Oct. 2. NORTHWESTERN Oct. 12
Oct. 9.ALASKA.Oct. 19
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Oct. 23.NORTHWESTERN .Nov. 2
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Freight received and delivered at Cordova
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Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot office %
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