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Alexander Joy Cartwright, Jr. (April 17, 1820 – July 12, 1892) is one of several people sometimes referred to as a "father of baseball". Cartwright is thought to be the first person to draw a diagram of a diamond-shaped baseball field, and the rules of the modern game are based on the Knickerbocker Rules developed by Cartwright and a committee from his club, the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club.〔 With the myth of Abner Doubleday inventing baseball debunked, Cartwright was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as an pioneering contributor 46 years after his death.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Alexander Cartwright )〕 Cartwright was officially declared the inventor of the modern game of baseball by the 83rd United States Congress on June 3, 1953.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Baseball Almanac )〕 ==Early life and work== Cartwright was born in 1820 to Alexander Carwright, Sr. (1784-1855), a merchant sea captain, and Esther Rebecca Burlock Cartwright (1792 -1871). Alexander Jr. had six siblings. He first worked at the age of 16 in 1836 as a clerk for a Wall Street broker, later doing clerical work at Union Bank of New York. After hours, he played bat-and-ball games in the streets of Manhattan with volunteer firefighters. Cartwright himself was a volunteer, first with Oceana Hose Company No. 36, and then Knickerbocker Engine Company No. 12.〔Lloyd, J & Mitchinson, J: ''The Book of General Ignorance''. Faber & Faber, 2006.〕 Cartwright's ancestor Edward Cartwright immigrated from Devonshire, England to New England around 1661.〔(The American Game )〕〔( Live All You Can: Alexander Joy Cartwright and the Invention of Modern Baseball ) By Jay Martin〕 Cartwright married Eliza Van Wie, from Albany, on June 2, 1842.〔 A fire destroyed Union Bank in 1845, forcing Cartwright to find other work. He became a bookseller with his brother, Alfred.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexander Cartwright」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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