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Show 'The World Series . Hi&s&m- - A CHAMPION5HIP GAME IN 1866 T jjQk 2j fil Above is shown baseball as it was In the old iays the second championship game between ' -nl I I A the Atlantics of Brooklyn and the Athletics of I -Vyl J I I V Philadelphia In 1866. The score was 33 to 33 I SAt&cxi J V VA I f, flame called at the end of the seventh inning on j I Jd'iff-fc f tv'-'St-lT I ' I account of darkness. Notice the underhand pitch- I q1! I I 7 I r, the gloveless catcher keeping a respectful vSA I fc??-' tf'Vi ' StSrt' I a ' n I distance behind the bat, the wide swing of ths 1 SSsS'" -W'V''-" ' ' - PI S 1 1 I batsman, and basemen playing frozen to the bags. "Jh rV''' ' : " ' J- t I ' II (From "The Annals of American Sport" In "The I ' ' iCfi1' ' ' ViV.V-;': v i-"Wf' B Pageant of America," courtesy Yale University fc , Y'sST5iS'r-!!':'-: " i'V' Y' ' ''i'-- H.!'VZ.f' I if, I By ELMO SCOTT WATSON. f 'feiliif JMW t) ABNER DOUBI.ED4Y was a native of I i M,''"-1 X., f- "'-''V '--V JrV' ' l Ballston Spa, N. Y., who was prad- ' V' W8'' JP 'Y0' I t V; uated from the United States Mill- 2ET fjrU-"'' ' 3 ''''V'- f'J -'.-' rhs tary academy at West Point Id 1S42, Mj7 i-tli' " J&l Wf?'&-i$'- '' li'i j served in the Seminole, Mexican Jl2 '' I jfrX'' ';r-5" 'J 'VS- 7 T "rT and Civil wars, was breveted a r?t AJtf&ft''Yj& H II I J major-general of volunteers, became . lio-'y ! J&ri! t ' ' Tir' ''V''''''A ' I I H' a colonel of Infantry In the Cnited P ('''V !' i LLVi) -C?P ' ' States army In 1SC7. retired In 1S73 lum ivWW- I '-Av ' ' VTj - yX2fk'l'0 J- and died In 1S93. 'uSLry .V & j :; j rT : hky: Vv llDT ' Cooperstown is a quaint old village at the foot &CjS jpjisJ . Oj.V.f 1 j JklSSsi V nlJvP' I of Otsego lake In Otsego county, New York. WUi'brFfT A ' SSy y ' ii famed as the home of James Fenimore Cooper i.,', K x' c .' ' ' JSSSf fa- - fe:V -. ' -zSfi ' ' lr who made his bid for immortality with Ills i ' gj-V.fo ' J "Leatherstocking Tales." " TWO STRIKES, THREE BALlTst71 's 1t"' T-Ti f j The facts contained in the two foregoing paragraphs para-graphs probably wouldn't add up to a single and the sport wlnco bad ouce btt-n a "gentle- Ai item of Interest to the average dyed-ln-the-wool man's game," as exemplified by the Kulrkcr- f 7 'V baseball fan but the fact remains that through bockers, soon became the sport of the common S''nC s the association of the names of Abner Double- man as well. In March, lS.'S. a National Ass.v -j$'-X day and Cooperstown, N. Y there came about ciation of I'.asetmll 'layers was formed and one C$. '' ft ' the chain of events which makes It possible for of Its first actions was to appoint a rules com KjV. 'iVX. him to reach the high point of his feverish In- mlttee which Introduced the nine-Inning game. R;v ' ''"ta terest in the national game along about the first But remalned for the Civil war to national 'iSfr' "KV."1 t1 fr- Vl week In October. It's world series time. Need lze basebalL , 1SG5 , convention of the Na- A.' vfe 3 J ' any more be said? tional Association of liasehall I'lavers was held 107 'V 'v ''Vfrf Early in the Nineteenth century the youth of at whlcn representatives from nearly 100 clubs t. A,JhA -i X '3 America was playing a game with a bat and ball, took pan Mnst of (hela were from ,jie Kas, hl), t'-VSA v' VTV which resembled and yet differed from the an- therP were indications that teams were being FvjvVy ,U cient English game of "rounders." This game foraed alI over tne col)ntry. Two .e:lrs Intor VU-C i W was generally known as town ball, although the the Batlnna me,.Iin), brought together repren, V ' l'-'l New Englanders called It round ball or Massa- tatives from scores of teams west of the Al- Vj AiSf chuseus baseball. Played on a square field, leghanles and south of the Mason and Dijon A'lz&g" whose sides were 60 feet long, there was no re- Une. Jit-'-C- fZ-'f 1 Btrlction on the number of players who took . . , . C' - " A ii. ... , ... i j i j,,- The East however still laid cam to leader- t .-',? - .tir?X"'.r)Sv. part and the rules of the game varied In differ- , , . ., . ,.K ... .., ., . ,, , & ' , - -' p 'i -C . , .... sb p n Uie sport with the Atlantics of Ilrook- A t. 'TZ Z ent localities. , ' , ...... , , yrV4'V. 1 ; -.S .. , , ,, ,. . vn assert ng the r right to the title of no tonal yr , .,.i--k L-i:'- This crowding of players within a limited , .. " . . , . . ., . f -rfS'K-2iA -j5r . , . , . . , . , champ ons after thev had defeated the New ort jf J.'lv-T --- space of play and confusion as to rules suggested ., . , , ,c..- c' . .. v &r"S& v " .v. . ,. ., . - , . Mutua s In 1 S' .- . For the next few years thev iryv, ' '' itfiJk. to one young man that It was time to formulate , . , . u .,,,' - - - - . , , ., j . . . . bad stronK rivals for the title In the Ath et cs ABNER DOUBLE DAY a new set of regulations and speed up the play . ..... ,,,,, . , ., , . ' D tlv wvui-i-i'ni . . . . . . of I'h Made th a (No. not Connie Mark ontdt Above is shown baseball as it was In the old days the second championship game between the Atlantics of Brooklyn and the Athletics of Philadelphia In 1866. The score was 33 to 33 flame called at the end of the seventh Inning on account of darkness. Notice the underhand pitcher, pitch-er, the gloveless catcher keeping a respectful distance behind the bat, the wide swing of tho batsman, and basemen playing frozen to the bags. (From "The Annals of American Sport" In "The Pageant of America," courtesy Yale University Press.) By ELMO SCOTT WATSON. A BNER DOUBI.ED4Y was a native of Ballston Spa, N. Y., who was grad-V; grad-V; uated from the Cnited States Mili-T Mili-T JC.jj'W tary academy at West Point In 1S42, It''S-'v-L served in the Seminole, Mexican I : . T and Civil wars, was breveted a II II major-general of volunteers, became vLJ' a colonel of Infantry In the Cnited States army In 1SC7. retired In 1S73 and died In 1S93. Cooperstown is a quaint old village at the foot of Otsego lake in Otsego county, New York, famed as the home of James Fenimore Cooper who made his bid for immortality witb his "Leatherstocking Tales." The facts contained in the two foregoing paragraphs para-graphs probably wouldn't add up to a single item of Interest to the average dyed-ln-the-wool baseball fan but the fact remains that through ; the association of the names of Abner Double-day Double-day and Cooperstown, N. Y there came about the chain of events which makes It possible for him to reach the high point of his feverish Interest In-terest in the national game along about the first week In October. It's world series time. Need any more be said? Early in the Nineteenth century the youth of America was playing a game with a bat and ball, which resembled and yet differed from the ancient an-cient English game of "rounders." This game was generally known as town ball, although the New Englanders called It round ball or Massa-chufietts Massa-chufietts baseball. Played on a square field, whose sides were 60 feet long, there was no restriction re-striction on the number of players who took part and the rules of the game varied In different differ-ent localities. This crowding of players within a limited space of play and confusion as to rules suggested to one young man that It was time to formulate a new set of regulations and speed up the play by making the field diamond-shaped Instead of square. He was Abner Doubleday, a student at Green's school In Cooperstown, N. Y who began working on the Idea In 18-19. But It was not until un-til the next year that be took active steps to Improve Im-prove the game. In 18-10 a great crowd gathered In Cooperstown Coopers-town for a picnic and political meeting during the famous Harrison log-cabin, hard cider campaign. cam-paign. When the boys assembled that afternoon Doubleday Dou-bleday gathered thera around and explained as well as he could, the points of the new game. He decided that there must be four bases 90 feet apart, and the boys Immediately began to refer to the game as "baseball." The name stuck. It provided for eleven men on a side, nilng four outfielders, five Infieklers. pitcher and catcher. Doubleday ruled a runner not on base might be put out by touching him with the ball. This system of one player throwing to another (level oped Into fast double plays. The rules made by Doubleday specified that the ball should be made of rubber and yarn and covered with leather. It must weigh about five ounces and must not be more than nine Inches in circumference. The weight of the ball and the Size of the hand were taken into consideration in determining these measurements. The hat was to be of round wood, and to be used with both hands. In town bnll the bat was frequently used with one hand. The next thing for the Inventor was to deter-mine deter-mine the distance between the bases. After s-v. eral experiments It was found thai a man would have to bustle to run 42 (walking) pares or about IHJ feel before a hall of those dimensions could be returned after having been driven to the outfield. Thus It was that !M) feet was fixed as the distance between the bases. Of the development of the new game the vol-orne, vol-orne, "Annals of American Sport." In the Yale University I'ress series. "Chronicles of Amer lea." Is the authority for the following: "The changes Introduced by Doubleday Inaug orated a new era for those Interesied In town ball and round ball. Although there were no or gnnlzed teams playing regular schedules to pop ularlze the new- rules, the diamond beg;tn to su persede the square field In the eastern states In 18l.r. a group ot New York gent leriien. who had been enjoying prarllee guinea together for neveral years, organized the Knickerbocker lliis'?-hnll lliis'?-hnll club, the first association of baseball play era In the country. L'tehT the leadership of Al exander .1 I 'art right they drafted a code of rules b:ise(J upon the Doubleday Hsteni ol play with a team ol nine men as rou-.tituied al the preent time. An a result of the publication of thell rules lllld rerul. Iliolis the K lib liel I, or '.er noon bad competition in the New York rlivtrlct." DtiriUU the d'-l (I'le a'lel I1-.'.!! Iiuincroil" tute ball clubs were formed ' V York I '.1 -oo: I yn. I'hlladi-lphla. Uiillimorc and other smaller tonus and the sport which had ouce been a "gentleman's "gentle-man's game," as exemplified by the Knickerbockers, Knicker-bockers, soon became the sport of the common man as well. In March, 1S."8. a National Association Asso-ciation of Baseball Players was formed and one of Its first actions was to appoint a rules com C mlttee which Introduced the nine-Inning game. But It remained for the Civil war to national lze baseball. In lSGo a convention of the National Na-tional Association of Baseball Players was held at which representatives from nearly 100 clubs took parL Most of them were from the East but there were Indications that teams were being formed all over the country. Two years later the national meeting brought together representatives represen-tatives from scores of teams west of the Al-leghanles Al-leghanles and south of the Mason and Dixon llne. The East however still laid claim to leadership leader-ship In the sport with the Atlantics of Brooklyn Brook-lyn asserting their right to the title of national champions after they had defeated the New York Mutuals In 1 S' For the next few years they bad strong rivals for the title In the Athletics of Philadelphia (No. not Connie Mack's outfit he doesn't date hack quite that far') ami the Cnlons of Morrlsanla. In 1K03 the Cincinnati Bed Stockings became the first professional team and two years later was organized the National Association of Professional Pro-fessional Baseball Players. In 1 7f! the present National league was organized, composed of teams representing four eastern mid four western west-ern cities: New York. Philadelphia. Hartford. Boston. Chicago. SL Bonis. Louisville and Cincinnati. Cin-cinnati. in 1SS2 a new organization arose to challenge the National league and to attack Its financial policy This was the American association and Its promoters, claiming thai the admission charge of f0 cents made baseball n rich man's game, announced (hat II would give the publh good baseball at a cost of onh 2." cents. I'lie National league stood Its ground but Instead of Ignoring Its rival recognized It by later entering Into a national agreement with If In order to establish uniformity In players' contrails, disciplinary methods and the buying and selling of players' services That year also sm the real beginning ot the world series Idea, post season games for the title of "world champions." Two years before the Cincinnati club of Hie National league had been expelled from the National league, whereupon t Joined the American association and won the championship ol that circuit In IHS'J In October of that year Captain Anson of the Chicago Na tlonal league champions arranged games with the Clnclnnatis for a national championship ATtei Cincinnati bad won the tlrsi game at home by fl score id 4 to 0 and had lost the game In Chicago by h score ol I to I). II was notified bv the president of the American association thai further contests would end In expulsion. So the abortive "world series' ended The growth ot the world series Idea from 1 hut point on is traced by Charles Pike Sawyer, for many years sporting editoi of the New York Evening Post us follows: "In the winter ol !sS2 the magniileii ol thai day decided there was room for two major or ganlzatlons to live In harmony and formed n Irl partite national agreement, taking In I he North western Minor league and agreeing to keep "hands off' the players of friendly clubs. The agreement tiavlng worked well In ISM.'i and ISI and peace being fully established, the magnates decided that the plan tried out In ISS2 by Chicago Chi-cago and Cliirliinnll looked like 11 lot of ready money, so II was decided to hold the llrsi olllclal world series It, New York between li.e two win nlng clubs Providence ami the Metropolitans. "On ocioi.et .':i. i!l and 2.Y IMM the providence provi-dence nine, winner ol the National league chain plonihlp, look Hie Meli-opolitans of New ol'U into camp at the old Polo liroiinds. al One Mull .Ire. I lentil slieet iiiid till 1 1 avenue. Ill the siring of three gamers, by respective scores of 6 to 0, 8 to 1 In seven Innings and 11 to 2 In six Innings, the last two games being called on account of darkness. "These championship contests between the winners of the National league and the American association continued until lS'.Hl. the high-water mark In receipts being In IT when J42.0O0 was received In 1.1 games on a barnstorming tour to St. I.ouls. Detroit. Pittsburgh. Brooklyn. New York. Philadelphia. Washington. Baltimore and Chicago, the Detroit Nationals beating the SL I.ouls Americans by ten games to five. In the season of lsss the Giants broke Into the championship cham-pionship roll by healing St. I.ouls six games to four, four games being played in New York, four In St. I.ouls and one each In Philadelphia and Brooklyn, to gross receipts of S24.rtii2.IO. the highest gate being the fifth game. In New York, of J.'i.O'J l.-Mi. and the lowest, (he last. In St. I.ouls. of $212. Thev didn't care to watch I isers even at home In those days. Ai:aln the Giants won In lev.i. boating Brooklyn by six games to three, the total gate being $2."..tVJS. of w hich over SS.000 was at the second game. In Brooklyn There was mighty little Interest In the next year's series. Brooklyn tying with the Louisville Nationals with three games each and one tie, ipul In IS'.H there was no series aiu1 In lS'.VJ the American association was absorbed by the Na-tloeal Na-tloeal league. 12 clubs playing In a divided sen son. the winner of the first half playing the win ner of the second half at the end. the Bostons heating Cleveland by five games to none with one tie. There was no series In 1S:.'1 and then came the Temple Cup series, but It was entirely a National league affair Baltimore. National league champions In IS'll. I WO and lSlwl, lost to New York In four straight games In IK04. lost to Cleveland four games In one In IS'.O and bent Cleveland four straight In IWKI Boston won the championship In 1 SI T but lost the 'Temple Cup to Baltimore by four games In one. These series began with SIS.OOO receipts In four games and then dwindled so rapidly that the games were abandoned I n 1 S'.'H " In I'.ioo In- National league dropped four ol Its twelve clubs, thus giving "Ban" Johnson, a for r baseball player and n baseball writer. Ills chance to form n new league with these four clubs as n nucleus to which were added four oth era. forming Hie present American league. Willi In three years the American league was recog nlzed as n major circuit and In ll'u:t the new league established Its superiority over the old when Hie Boston Iteil Sox defeated the Pitta burgh Pirates five games to three. The present era of world series games began In l!XO and since Hint lime Hie American league has conlln lied lo demonidrate Its superiority by winning 10 out oT 27 world series. t lr Wnptprn Ntwiiil'l Uiiluii.) |