The rules for which sport were originally drawn up by the Knickerbocker Club in New York in 1843?
Knickerbocker Rules Knickerbocker Rules The Knickerbocker Rules are a set of baseball rules formalized by William R. Wheaton and William H. Tucker of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club in 1845. They have previously been considered to be the basis for the rules of the modern game, although this is disputed. The rules are informally known as the "New York style" of baseball, as opposed to other variants such as the "Massachusetts Game." Modern scholarship has cast doubt on the originality of these rules, as information has come to light about the New York clubs that predated the Knickerbockers, in particular the rules
Knickerbocker Yacht Club Cup races, and world champion sailor Robert Mosbacher were members of the club. As of 2009, it was the second-oldest yacht club on Long Island Sound. Due to the recession and waning membership, the club ceased to exist in 2009 and was sold for $3.2 million to Cord Meyer Development. In July 2012 demolition of the club began, the developers began on a new structure which today is the Knickerbocker Yacht Hotel designed to evoke a cruise ship. Knickerbocker Yacht Club The Knickerbocker Yacht Club was a yacht club in Port Washington, New York. The club was founded in 1874,