George hancock biography softball fans
George hancock biography.
Hancock, George
AMERICAN
REPORTER
George Hancock is recognized as both the inventor and the early developer of the game of softball.
The story of how the first softball game was created is well established in the history of American sport.
George hancock biography softball fans
On the Thanksgiving weekend of 1887, a group of young men who were either graduates or supporters of the Harvard and Yale institutions were gathered at the gymnasium located at the Farragut Club in Chicago. They were awaiting word, by way of telegraph, as to the outcome of the Yale-Harvard football game played that afternoon.
College football, although only in existence for approximately 12 years, had become popular with the American sporting public. As was customary at that time (and prevalent today), many of the men in attendance at the Farragut Club had a wager placed on the outcome of the game, among them George Hancock, who worked as a reporter for the Chicago Board of Trade.
When the Yale victory was announced, one Yale supporter p