the play skill and wonderful dexterity

London, in 1744, John Newbery published a little beautiful pocket book "entertainment master Tommy for Miss pretty polly." Woodcut illustrations depicting the boy play "base ball", they focus on job progress. The revolutionary war doctor George Ewing, at Valley Forge in 1778, wrote: "the exercise in the afternoon time interval, play in the base."
New York State University Librarian, George A. Thompson, a small, recently found that two of New York's newspaper articles, in 1823 April 12, apparently with the modern baseball.
A long story, advocated by country, only four words: "I was last Saturday after the company active young men play macho and 'base ball' sports game, very happy in the Broadway. "I was told, they are an organized society, this is a very interesting game next Saturday in the local, begin at half past three o'clock like any people watched this game may use their own to see the play skill and wonderful dexterity, surprisingly, this is unfortunately, our city in this manual, a young man no movement is more important, it is innocent entertainment, health and sports, to join, but small cost, and began the tendency not discouraged. "
Organization of the team. The first organized baseball team was founded in New York in 1845 by two young friends. They are Dr. Daniel L. Adams and Alexander Kigocartwright, accounting clerk. They and the other young, professional men meet after work in Madison square.
Adams and Cartwright settled in 1845 as a set of rules, so as not to have the endless argument. Write down the Cartwright. At that time, the game is usually a square base five. Because of the closed area, with diamonds and four bases. The distance between the base set to "42" (about 75 feet) concept and foul territory was introduced. Lack of education practice "plunking" runner up and "going out" he threw the ball hit him - was abolished.