Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-10-04

and the sport which had once been a gentle
mans game" as exemplifed by the Knicker
~bockers. soon became the sport of the common
man as well. In March, 1858, a National Asso
citation of Baseball Players was formed and one
of Its first actions was to appoint a rules com
mittee which introduced the nine-inning game.
But 1t remained for the Civil war to national
lie baseball. In 1865 a convention of the Ma
tional Association of Baseball Players was held
at which representatives from nearly 100 clubs
took part. Most of them were from the East but
there we're indications that teams were being
formed all over the country. Two years later
the national meeting brought together renresen
~tatives from scores OF teams west of the Al
leghanies and south of the Mason and Dixon
line.
The East however still laid claim to leader
ship In the sport with the Atlantics Of Brook.
Ign asserting their right to the title of national
champions after they had defeated the New York
Mutuals In 1866. For the next few years they
had strong rivals for the title In the Athletics
of Philadelphia mo. not Connie Mack's outfit
he doesn't date back quite that far y and the
Unions of Morrisania.
In 1869 the Cincinnati Red Stockings became
the first professional team and two years later
was organized the National Association OF Pro.
fessional Baseball Players. In 1876 the present
National league was organized. composed of
teams representing four eastern and four west
ern cities: New York, Philadelphia, Hartford.
Boston, Chicago. St Louis. Louisville and Gin
cInnati.
In 1882 a new organization arose to challenge
the National league and to attack Its financial
policy. This was the American association and
Its promoters, claiming that the admission charge
of 80 cents made baseball a rich mans game
announced that 1t would give the public good
baseball at a cost OF only rs cents The National
league stood Its ground but instead Of Ignoring
It's rival recognized 1t by later entering into q
national agreement with IL In order to establish
uniformity In players contracts. disciplinary
methods and the buying and selling Of players
services.
That year also saw the real beginning OF the
world series idea, post-season games for the title
of world champions" Two years before, the
Cincinnati Climb of the National league had been
expelled from the National league. whereupon 1t
Joined the American association and won the
championship OF that circuit In 1882. In October
of that year Captain Arson of the Chicago Ma
tional league champions arranged games with the
Cincinnatis for a national championship.
After Cincinnati mad won the Hrst game at
hVAfS W "a ~ 49, oNN AVof anS EdhAS
In Chicago by q score OF 2 to 0. II was notified
by the president of the American association that
further contests would end In expulsion. So the
abortive "world series" ended.
The growth of the world series idea from that
point on is traced by Charles Pike Sawyer, for
many years sporting editor of the New York
Evening Post as follows:
"lD the winter of 1882 the magnates OF that
day decided there was room for two major or
CARNATIONS to live In harmony and formed a tri-
partite national agreement. taking In the North.
western Minor league and agreeing to keep
hands OFF, the players of friendly clubs. The
agreement having worked we'll In 1883 and 1884
and peace being fully established, the magnates
decided that the plan tried out in 1882 by Chi
cago and Cincinnati looked like a lot of ready
money. so 1t was decided to hold the first official
world series 10 New York between the two win.
ming clubs-Providence and the Metropolitans.
"Un October %, "A and rs, Ia, the Provi
hence nine, winner of the National league cham.
pIonship. took the Metropolitans of New York
into camp at the old Polo Grounds, at One Hun
dred Tenth street and Fifth avenue, In the string