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In 1994 such once-ignored "collectibles" as film memorabilia, advertising, bottles, and toys were featured at special auctions. The objects that interested most collectors and buyers were found, ...
Lloyd, John Henry
American baseball player and manager in the Negro leagues, considered one of the greatest shortstops in the game.baseball
In 1845, according to baseball legend, Alexander J. Cartwright, an amateur player in New York City, organized the New York Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, which formulated a set of rules for baseball, ...
Latin Americans in Major League Baseball
Baseball arrived in Latin America primarily through Cuba. In 1864 Nemesio and Ernesto Guillo took the first ball and bat to the island on their return from Springhill College in Mobile, Alabama, and ...
Doby, Larry
American baseball player, the second African American player in the major leagues and the first in the American League when he joined the Cleveland Indians in 1947.Little League
international baseball organization for children and teenagers, started in 1939 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, by Carl E. Stotz and brothers Bert and George Bebble. The league originally included ...
Marciano, Rocky
world heavyweight boxing champion from Sept. 23, 1952, when he knocked out champion Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 rounds in Philadelphia, to April 27, 1956, when he retired from the ring. Marciano was ...
Lycoming
county, north-central Pennsylvania, U.S., constituting a mountainous upland region largely on the Allegheny Plateau. Notable features include Bald Eagle Mountain in the southwest and Pine Creek Gorge ...
Robinson, Jackie
the first black baseball player to play in the American major leagues during the 20th century. On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke the decades-old colour bar of Major League Baseball when he appeared ...
Sports and Games
After the huge success of the association football (soccer) World Cup in 1994, the spotlight in 1995 turned to rugby, with the Union World Cup won by South Africa, the host, and the League World Cup, ...
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