Alexander Cartwright
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Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr. was a founding member of the New York Knickerbockers Base Ball Club in the 1840s. Although he was an inductee of the Baseball Hall of Fame and he was sometimes referred to
Cartwright in 1855
The New York Knickerbockers Baseball Club, circa 1847. Cartwright at the top middle. The identification of Cartwright has been disputed.
Early baseball game played at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey (lithograph by Currier and Ives)
Cartwright's tombstone in Oahu Cemetery, Honolulu
Abner Doubleday
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Abner Doubleday was a career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a p
Alexander Cartwright
…Rules developed in 1845 by Cartwright and a committee from the Knickerbockers. However, later research called this scenario into question. The myth of Abner Doubleday having invented baseball was believed by many, but in Cooperstown in 1939, the myth was debunked. Cartwright (unlike Doubleday) was inducted into the…
Doubleday, c. 1855-65
Major Robert Anderson and his officers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Doubleday photo displayed at Fort Sumter National Monument in Charleston harbor
Fort Sumter Medal bearing the likeness of Major Robert Anderson which was presented to Abner Doubleday