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fined six cants for cussing. The umpire was Alexander Cartwright, a leading player for the Knicks, who had chosen to umpire instead. That game was also the first instance of teatn baseball as we know it. The Nkv York dub won 23 to 1 after four innings. The Knickerbocker Club; formed in 1845, was the first regular baseball organization. And in their season, the members donned blue and white uiforms to become the first team uniformly outfitted.
A breach of baseball etiquette made A1 Reach the first cpaid ball player. In 1864, it was considered unethical for a player to “jump” from one team to another. Reach, however, deserted the Brooklyn) Atlanfcics when he was offered money by the Philadelph a Athletics.
Five years later, thi C.ndnnati Red Stockings turned professional and became the first salaried team.
In those days, baseball was far from the gentlemanly game the Knickerbockers had played. A player might leave the fidd bleeding or unconscious after stopping a fast ball, but he refused to baby himself by wearing protective equipment.
In 1875, however, Charles Waite, first baseman for Boston, put on a glove.flesh colored, 'so the fans wouldn’t notice it. A. G. Spalding finally wore a dark brown glove, adding stuffing to it a little at a time.
The first catcher’s mask was developed in 1878 for a Harvard player who preferred being called a sissy to having his fine Barry more profile smashed.
Still wondering about the Washington Monument? Well, Billy “Pop” Schriver of a Chicago ball club caught a ball dropped from the 500-foot level of the memorial in 1892.
Just a grandstander but_that’s baseball.
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