The Coolidge examiner., 1933-10-06
1.-TWO STRIKES, THREE eALLsP

and the sport which had once been a gentle
mans game" as exemplifed by the Kncker.
bockers, soon became the sport of the common
man as we'll In March, 1853, National Asso
citation OF Baseball Players was formed and one
of its first actions was to appoint a rules com
mittee which introduced the nlne-inning game
But 1t remained for the Civil war to national.
ize 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 were indications that teams were being
formed all over the country Two years later
the national meeting brought together represen.
tatives from scores of teams west of the AL.
eghanies and south of the Mason and Dixon
line.
The East however still laid claim to leader.
ship in the sport with the Atantics OF Brook
yn asserting their right to the title of national
champions after they had defeated the New York
Mutuas in 1865. For the next few years they
had strong rivals for the title in the Athletics
of Philadelphia tNo, not Connie Mack's outfit
he doesn't date back quite that farD 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
fessonal Baseball Players. In 1876 the present
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 so cents made baseball rich mans game
announced that II would give the public good
baseball at a cost Of only 25 cents The National
league stood its ground but instead of ignoring
its rival recognized 1t by later entering into
national agreement with II 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 club 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 1892 In October
of that year Captain Anson of the Chicago Ma
tiona league champions arranged games with the
Cincnnatis for a national championship.
After Cincinnati had won the first game al
nome by a score of to . and had lost the game
In Chicago by a score of to U. il was notified
by the president of the American association that
abortive "world series ended
rhe growth OF the world series idea from hat
point on is traced by Charles Pike Sawyer for
many years sporting editor of the New York
Evening Post follows:
"lp the winter of 1882 the magnates OF that
day decided there room for two major or
ganizations to live in harmony and formed tri.
partie national agreement taking in the North
western Minor league and agreeing to keep
| hands Off the players of friendly clubs. The
agreement having worked well 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 lot of ready
money so IL was decided to hold the first official
world series In New York between the two win
ming clubs-Provdence and the Metropolitans.
ION October %. "A and %, the Provi-
| lence nine, winner of the National league cham
Dionship. took the MetropOlitans of New York
INTO camp at the old Polo Grounds, at One Hun
lred Tenth street and Fifth avenue, in the string