History of Softball
[2023-07-05 02:17:07]
Softball is said to have started in Chicago in 1887 - in fact it is indoors. A group of men gathered at the Farragut Boat Club in Chicago. During joy, George Hancock, a reporter at the Chicago Commodity Exchange Commission, tied the boxing glove (with his own string) to the sphere, picked up the broom handle and marked it with a choke on the floor line. That night, the game has 80 games, and sports started from there. The first rule is said to have been issued by Hancock in 1889.
In 1895, Luis Rober Senior transferred the game to an open space outside the Minnesota State fire department in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where firemen were able to do some exercise while waiting for an alarm. Then it was called "kittens league ball" and was abbreviated to "kitten ball" later. In 1922, the name "kitten ball" was changed to "diamond ball". At different times, the name of the game includes "paste ball" and "pumpkin ball". The term "softball" was not used in 1926, but when Walter Hakansen of YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) of Denver, Colorado participated in the meeting of the Colorado Amateur Softball Association, I came up with this idea . Over the years there have been many changes in the game.
In 1933, the first nationwide amateur softball tournament was held at the same time as the Chicago World Exposition, and soon afterwards, a journalist, Leo Fisher, who wrote the event helped establish the Amateur Softball Association (ASA). Softball continues to spread to other parts of the world, perhaps the biggest driving force is that American soldiers play and teach at the venue of World War II. In 1952, the first meeting of the International Softball Federation (ISF) to manage world sports was held, and in 1965 women from five countries participated and the world championships took place. One year after competition in Australia, the first men's world championships will be held (Mexico)
At the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, Georgia in 1991, girls' short range softball was selected as the first appearance of medal sports.
According to the official rules established early in the history of softball and ultimately decided by the International Softball Federation, there are a total of nine players in this field. The player takes positions of pitcher, catcher, first base, second base, short stop, third baseman, outfielder. There are usually three outdoor bastards, the right fielder, the left fielder, and the fielder of Nakano. But slow softball will allow the fourth person in the field. Like baseball, the team who ran the most at the end of the seventh game was called the champion. However, if the team is tied at the end of the seventh game, the game can participate in additional games until Thailand breaks.
Since its founding in 1887, the game has undergone numerous revisions, but it is still one of the most popular sports games in the country, and we develop the following games in several countries all over the world. Especially in Australia, China, and Japan. Loved by amateurs and professionals with a background of all ages and sports, the world can only predict the future of other American amusements.
Many think that softball comes from baseball, but the first game of sports was actually caused by football games. The history of Softball dates back to the Thanksgiving of 1887. When some graduates were in Chicago, the Farragat boat club in Illinois waited for the results of the Yale and Harvard football game. When Yale was declared the winner, Yale's graduate threw boxing gloves to a mischief Harvard supporter. Harvard 's fans waved gloves with sticks, and the rest of them saw them enthusiastically. George Hancock, a reporter at the Chicago Commodity Exchange Committee, joked and joked. "Play!" When the first softball game began, the fans used boxing gloves as balls and used handles instead of bats.