History of Softball

Who invented the game of softball?

• Lewis Rober

• George Hancock

• George Kehoe

• Yale Alumni

The original game of softball was played with a _______.

• baseball

• medicine ball

• boxing glove

• tennis ball

George Hancock suggested a game of indoor _______.

• soccer

• baseball

• basketball

• tennis

What was the final score of the first softball game?

• 17-8

• 41-40

• 35-34

• 20-19

In what year were the rules of softball officially adopted by the Mid Winter Indoor Baseball League of Chicago?

• 1887

• 1889

• 1895

• 1900

The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) was included in the Joint Rules Committee in which year?

• 1926

• 1933

• 1934

• 1935

Leo Fischer and Michael J. Pauley organized local softball teams into cohesive state organizations in what year?

• 1925

• 1933

• 1934

• 1935

During the 1933 World's Fair, how many teams were invited to participate in the tournament?

• 50

• 55

• 60

• 65

What was significant about the finals in Detroit, MI, for Briggs?

• It was their first win of the season

• It was their first loss of the season after 41 consecutive wins

• They won the championship

• They set a new record.

Fill in the blank: The Playground Association Softball Guide wrote that the years of persistent effort, constant promotion, and unchanging faith of believers in softball proved to have not been in vain, for in ____ softball came into its own.

• 1932

• 1933

• 1934

• 1935