| Show Henry Chad Chadwick wick the Father of Baseball u W i II III I Responsible For the Game as It Is Today tl many are aro there thero among amon the tho HOW H present generation of ot baseball enthusiasts who know l now that hint tho tio man maui w who ho saw tho the birth of tho tile gumo and anil who has hns done don more for forI I its development and perpetuity than any other IH is still all 11 In the tho flesh Iesh and as de ule devoted voted to tho national 1111 aa over ever than octogenarian that hILt ho lie Is isho ho was Willi born bom In Hemy is editor of ot lie tho Baseball Guide Guld as liS ho unit hod ha been for tor the tho hue last twentysix years In 1831 this Nestor ot or the great American sport H orl was a n of In In those days tho the only prominent livid Hold sports In vogue were CIO horl c racing and the tho th old ohiO English game itt t which had hul a II and perfunctory following In some Bomo of at lie tho country New was vas Hist In adopting II it I being a II III I matter of ot that a I L match snatch was r played 1 lu on oIl a II Hold near what whal l is III now nn Pulton hulton hot an ns fully nn 81 1761 liaise was llo on Long Louig Island on oh tho thia old Union lear Jamaica and on out tho the JlII a as aH U it In Iii now how was wart unknown V bearing IL a to 10 It was an lull curly as 1831 by hy byI ih I h tiC old uld iy In plc town toti bull ball ha ii club Tho rho lust l baseball club wits wax not i Itil ith I tout neon U en enin Is is I or was Willi wasi i 1 Knickerbocker club which until unlit u Lii n had hul luy l a It modified sort soil of it town i Ij n I Thu hll national a tl It IH is i II 0 II ii UK Its e only U t I i tile lie time ot nf ha thus organizatIon of nt if ift tl t I I national ion of nf ball I tl VIM ri The First Professionals At t i Unit I nl tithe time till mud and fur a Il decade later In or orall ml all i II lull Lit ii wax WIlli r nil ill I inn ii L I in being belm lid by the lie national iou it l II III in lICK that thal Ih ii H t L I lai learn I win nuts i ii t the lie I lie ul I ngu of if l i it it i t ho itu 1111 We IC thu Ihu lush III II lo In i 0 draw l I i I 11 III what tiui t had Iitti 1111 1 been bee a a IL II IIII 1110 I i 1 Mr i i iti rU tit oven at al thai hut t LI In tue of or tin tiit c i I ga lute hilt tended II It dividing tho lie fraternity into distinct amateur anti and professional This Thus ho did elI 1 by organIzing the ho association which was VIS tho tutu progenitor of or tho ho present National league According to Air Mr It was wan not nol until SIC I 1 that ho lie made up tip his Ills mind intuit that lint tho the game of ot baseball was likely to have a u great future Ho lie went over ovel to tolie lie tho Elysian Hoboken N J 1 one ono day du to see u II match game gamo of or cricket played It happened that a ui match game gamo of ot the tho baseball of tho the period was also ulso on oil tho thin and Mr Chadwick was IC HO o delighted l with Its Ils possibilities that thal ho lie them hen and there theio resolved that It should become tim the tI national game gamo of America It to him that hint this now game was wall peculiarly adapted to 10 tolie tho lie temperament nod and 1 ho he inn lIIa do lo up his mind to boom it to the tho ex el extent tent of ot his Ho HI Made a Ii Beginning With that hunt end In view ho lue went yf to 0 till tIle various city of ot thin tho dally daily papers and tried t to ti interest them In iii the tho tim mat matter ter or Ho wanted them to publish ie re hells l of nil all match oh realizing real mug that lint would wealth work to III Ih l now new sports Thus The of ut these r lI tors torI ora could not bu bo interested I when hell Mr to tu U In III re IC nf ut the tho games gaines free freo of ot charge ho he mild House arouse no nJ They de Ill tutu that no flu ono aILS In the gamo and Unit lint It would only bo ho u a waste of and elton llo II a however until the hue Non Maw York fork Times agreed to pi pilot hit his COP y It was wall to tho ho I l Possible limit That was In iii lS 7 anil 1111 1 It wan nuts Unit flint Mr IIII wide wik became hera mile tho the lust Hint li 1 tel ami nil il mu s t Ic promoter It II I t was vas not nol notI long I nag before hetro other lit i Ml II Into imi to hoe lino I u It In Iii tho thin game WIH wuN taken In iii nil 1111 it il larts of ut tho thin country cau Ot ry While lie he wax i ikS 8 ing the hue game for far forthe or ortho the tho lilacs II nil thI ut her Mr Ir i r Chud heul tilt Iho 01 id uI y mid soon it iOU 1111 to lo tho ho iule es lI us poI II In ill the I ho funn ot of I ii the hue I i ie i I ni hi lit u It to tn II tho lie convention I nC or und WitS wan Wl given Hiven a r fr f I t i iI I 4 l I I i I Ii IL I j i s i i M L I S S S HENRY NESTOR ESTOE OP OF AMERICAN SPORT place 1111 on the tho tim rules lilies committee 1 I willy lie 1111 was WUK elected chairman mid InI It Il woi voi wa then that lint ho lie 1 the tile farina of ut mate association warn ivero springing gi lug up III nil ith i over oer Ito tho cou II h and the iii numb ii r was 8 becoming I flit legion lealon each Illch Individual club chub was wan entitled to lo send bend delegates to thin tho national loll lion that body hOdy noon loun loo to lo conduct Mr wax ris for tor tho 10 ig of at to the lie SUite aMo asso ohiO and thin the uin untO and Immediate Origin Ori of Baseball B As Au may hIlly be ho Imagined Mr lr lint has tomu very I UN 1111 a to Iu the lie origin Ii rigi ii of ot Iho ho t t name gui lIme inc Thuy urn are at tit va i In with ills Ilia ULC tho llo hut but lie hue continue coil tn tO tl hold 1101 1 tact fait to lo 0 hula Ilia original belief that the hue modern modem of i ID is the Iho t hiu outcome of ot a f lull thu th old JIll III LJ known OB its 1111 So Su ti vein lent u a I nu ni 1111 A U I that hauL tho gamo IM is of ot Orb orl Uhl gi Ii ii flu hu his 1505 I lt is birth 11 rib from tutu the th of at tho thin dub club In III 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