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Softball - ANSWERSTeam sport in which a ball, 11-12 inches, in circumference, is thrown by a PLAYER CALLED A PITCHER, & hit by an OFFENSIVE PLAYER CALLED A BATTER, with a round, smooth stick, called a BAT. The ball is also known as a Softball. Scoring can be accomplished by the batter running and touching a series of 4 markers on the ground called BASES. Softball is a direct descendant of Baseball. George Hancock - ANSWERSInvented the first version of Softball in Chicago, Illinois in 1887. He is a reporter for the Chicago Board of Trade, as a winter version of Baseball. It was called indoor baseball, kitten ball, mush ball, playground ball, and also played by women ladies baseball. Softball - ANSWERSWas given to the game in 1926. A tournament (1933) at Chicago Worlds Fair spurres interest in the game. The Amateur Softball Association of America (founded 1933) governs the game in the U.S.A and sponsors annuel sectional & World Series Championships. The International Softball Federation regulates rules of play in more than 110 countries, including U.S.A & Canada. Womens fast pitch softball became an Olympic sport in 1996 but it (and baseball) was dropped in 2005 from the 2012 games. Ball - ANSWERSNot soft. 12 in. (30cm) circumference, sometimes larger for slow-pitch, which is 3in. (8cm) larger than a baseball. Infield in softball is smaller than baseball. Each base is 60ft (18m) from the next as opposed to baseball's 90ft (27m).