The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-10-05
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and the sport which mad been a gentle
mans game as e1empfed by the Knicker-
bockers soon became the sport OF the common
man as we'll In March, 1858. National Asso-
citation OF Baseball Players was formed and one
OF Its first actions was to appoint rules com.
mittee which introduced the nine-innlng game.
But It remained for the Civil war to national
lie baseball. In 1865 convention OF the Ma
tiona Association OF Baseball Players was held
at which representatives from nearly 100 clubs
took part Most OF them were from the East but
there indications that teams were being
formed all over the country. Two years later
the national meeting brought together represent
tatives from scores of teams west OF the AL
leghanes 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 1865 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 farD and the
Unions OF MnrrisanIa.
In 1869 the Cincinnati Red Stockings became
the first professional team and two years later
was organized the National Association of Pro-
fesslonal 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 new organization arose TO challenge
the National league and to attack Its financial
policy. This was the American association and
It's promoters, claiming that the admission charge
of 80 cents made baseball rich mans game.
announced that II would give the public good
baseball at cost Of only rs cents. The National
league stood Its ground but instead OF ignoring
it's 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 It
Joined the American association and won the
championship OF that circuit In 1882 In October
Of that year Captain Arson OF the Chicago Ma
tiona league champions arranged games with the
Cincnnatis for national championship.
After Cincinnati mad won the first game at
home by a score OF 4 to 0 and had lost the game
In Chicago by score of to O 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 Ia traced by Charles Pike Sawyer, for
many years sporting editor of the New York
Evening Post follows
ain the winter OF 1882 the magnates OF that
day decided there was for two major
ganlzations to live In harmony and formed tri
partite national agreement, taking In the North
western Minor league and agreeing to keep
hands or 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 It was decided to hold the drst official
world series In New York between the two win
ming clubs-Provdence and the Metropolitans
ION October %, "A and rs, 1884 the Provi-
dence nine, winner OF the National league cham.
pionship took the MetropoIItans OF New York
into camp at the old Polo Grounds. at One Hun.
dred Tenth street and Fifth avenue In the string