Baseball exam 1
Gentlemans clubs - ANS-Led by alexander Cartwright
new york knickerbockers
1845- one of the first teams
Ag Spalding - ANS-.Albert Goodwill Spalding was an American pitcher, manager and
executive in the early years of professional baseball, and the co-founder of A.G.
Spalding sporting goods company. He was born and raised in Byron, Illinois. He played
major league baseball between 1871 and 1878.
world tour
La Soule - ANS-Baseballs dopelganger founded in norway
Alexander Cartwright - ANS-Inventor of baseball; organized the Knickerbocker Base
Ball Club of New York in 1845.
Jim Creighton - ANS-James Creighton, Jr. was an American baseball player during the
game's amateur era, and is considered by historians to be its first superstar. In 1860
and 1862 he played for one of the most dominant teams of the era, the Excelsior of
Brooklyn.
Alexis de Tocqueville: - ANS-A French political thinker and historian who wrote
Democracy in America after his travels to America. wrote on equality and individualism
Abner Doubleday - ANS-career United States Army officer and Union 2-star general in
the American Civil War.
what - later turned out to be demented and died in an asylum
cooperstown, NY is where the myth is said to have been started
He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a
pivotal role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Elysian Fields - ANS-Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey is believed to be the site of
the first organized baseball game, giving Hoboken a strong claim to be the birthplace of
baseball. Opened in 1845
Laissez-faire - ANS-Idea that government should play as small a role as possible in
economic affairs. 1861
, Reserve clause - ANS-Committed players to teams and reserved the rights for them to
stay with the team until their contract was over. 1879-1875 blackballed them
Cornelius Vanderbilt - ANS-an American business magnate and philanthropist who built
his wealth in railroads and shipping.
monopolized new york harbor 1860s
Rockefeller - ANS-American oil industry business magnate, industrialist, and
philanthropist.
He is widely considered the wealthiest American of all time, and the richest person in
modern history
owned all oil
Brotherhood war - ANS-The Brotherhood began in 1885 as a benevolent association
concerned with helping players in trouble and improving relations between management
and players. When club owners tried, in 1888, to impose a stiff set of salary limits upon
the players, the Brotherhood provided a base for player resistance.
National association of baseball players - ANS-The National Association of Base Ball
Players(NABBP) was the first organization governing American baseball. The first
convention of sixteen New York City area clubs in 1857 practically terminated the
Knickerbocker era, when that club privately deliberated on the rules of the game.
spectators began paying
National Association of Pro Baseball Players - ANS-1871- Led by harry wright
10 teams with a 10 dollar entry fees organization schedules organization, ownership?
Brotherhood of Professional BaseBall Players - ANS-the Brotherhood of Professional
Baseball Players represented the first serious effort to organize a labor union consisting
of baseball players. It was launched in 1885 through the efforts of star player John
Montgomery Ward, who was also a lawyer, with the aim of raising player salaries in
recognition of the growing popularity of professional baseball and the growth in
revenues generated by the game. It also aimed to combat the reserve clause which
restricted player movement and helped to keep salaries down. The organization gained
official recognition when National League owners first met with the Brotherhood's
representatives on November 17, 1887. However, relations between the two soon
became difficult as owners were unwilling to make significant concessions.
Business Monopoly - ANS-When a company has total control over an industry
Gentlemans clubs - ANS-Led by alexander Cartwright
new york knickerbockers
1845- one of the first teams
Ag Spalding - ANS-.Albert Goodwill Spalding was an American pitcher, manager and
executive in the early years of professional baseball, and the co-founder of A.G.
Spalding sporting goods company. He was born and raised in Byron, Illinois. He played
major league baseball between 1871 and 1878.
world tour
La Soule - ANS-Baseballs dopelganger founded in norway
Alexander Cartwright - ANS-Inventor of baseball; organized the Knickerbocker Base
Ball Club of New York in 1845.
Jim Creighton - ANS-James Creighton, Jr. was an American baseball player during the
game's amateur era, and is considered by historians to be its first superstar. In 1860
and 1862 he played for one of the most dominant teams of the era, the Excelsior of
Brooklyn.
Alexis de Tocqueville: - ANS-A French political thinker and historian who wrote
Democracy in America after his travels to America. wrote on equality and individualism
Abner Doubleday - ANS-career United States Army officer and Union 2-star general in
the American Civil War.
what - later turned out to be demented and died in an asylum
cooperstown, NY is where the myth is said to have been started
He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a
pivotal role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Elysian Fields - ANS-Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey is believed to be the site of
the first organized baseball game, giving Hoboken a strong claim to be the birthplace of
baseball. Opened in 1845
Laissez-faire - ANS-Idea that government should play as small a role as possible in
economic affairs. 1861
, Reserve clause - ANS-Committed players to teams and reserved the rights for them to
stay with the team until their contract was over. 1879-1875 blackballed them
Cornelius Vanderbilt - ANS-an American business magnate and philanthropist who built
his wealth in railroads and shipping.
monopolized new york harbor 1860s
Rockefeller - ANS-American oil industry business magnate, industrialist, and
philanthropist.
He is widely considered the wealthiest American of all time, and the richest person in
modern history
owned all oil
Brotherhood war - ANS-The Brotherhood began in 1885 as a benevolent association
concerned with helping players in trouble and improving relations between management
and players. When club owners tried, in 1888, to impose a stiff set of salary limits upon
the players, the Brotherhood provided a base for player resistance.
National association of baseball players - ANS-The National Association of Base Ball
Players(NABBP) was the first organization governing American baseball. The first
convention of sixteen New York City area clubs in 1857 practically terminated the
Knickerbocker era, when that club privately deliberated on the rules of the game.
spectators began paying
National Association of Pro Baseball Players - ANS-1871- Led by harry wright
10 teams with a 10 dollar entry fees organization schedules organization, ownership?
Brotherhood of Professional BaseBall Players - ANS-the Brotherhood of Professional
Baseball Players represented the first serious effort to organize a labor union consisting
of baseball players. It was launched in 1885 through the efforts of star player John
Montgomery Ward, who was also a lawyer, with the aim of raising player salaries in
recognition of the growing popularity of professional baseball and the growth in
revenues generated by the game. It also aimed to combat the reserve clause which
restricted player movement and helped to keep salaries down. The organization gained
official recognition when National League owners first met with the Brotherhood's
representatives on November 17, 1887. However, relations between the two soon
became difficult as owners were unwilling to make significant concessions.
Business Monopoly - ANS-When a company has total control over an industry
