GEO 215 Exam 2 (2015) | GEO 215 - Sports Geography, Quizzes of Geography

Download GEO 215 Exam 2 (2015) | GEO 215 - Sports Geography and more Quizzes Geography in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Abner Doubleday DEFINITION 1 Inventor of baseball and United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. Graduated from West Point servedheroically in the MexicanAmerican War, Civil War, and and U.S. wars against Indians. TERM 2 Cooperstown, New York DEFINITION 2 Home of National Baseball Hall of Fame. Strong sense of Place TERM 3 Rounders DEFINITION 3 British stick and ball game, similar rules and field setup to American Baseball TERM 4 Town Ball DEFINITION 4 In at least one version of the game, teams pitched to themselves, runners went around the bases in the opposite direction of today's game, and players could be put out by being hit with the ball like in Schlagball. Like today, however, a batter was called out after three strikes. TERM 5 Base Ball, Goal Ball, Round Ball, Fletch-Catch, Stool Ball, Base DEFINITION 5 In the early 19th century which they called "Town Ball." In fact, early forms of baseball had a number of names, including: TERM 6 National Association of Amateur Base Ball Players DEFINITION 6 1st Attempt to form a league TERM 7 National Association of Professional Base Ball Players DEFINITION 7 2nd Attempt to form a league in 1871 TERM 8 Cincinnati Red Stockings (1869) DEFINITION 8 1st Professional Baseball Team TERM 9 Majors DEFINITION 9 Given nickname to Baseball league because teams were located in MAJOR cities. TERM 10 1901 DEFINITION 10 (BASEBALL)American League Established in