Indoor Baseball - Indoabasuboru

Japanese: インドア・ベースボール - いんどあべーすぼーる
Indoor Baseball - Indoabasuboru

...All of these stories are from the United States, and include that it was invented by a man named Hancock in Chicago in 1887, that it was invented by a man named Rober in Minneapolis in the early 20th century as a sport for the city's firemen, and that it was invented by baseball players around 1900 as an indoor game for winter training. It was first played indoors and called indoor baseball, but in 1920 it began to be played outdoors, and it became popular under names such as playground ball, and was enjoyed in various parts of the United States and Canada with its own unique rules. In 1930, H. Fisher and J. Pauley of Chicago organized it as an outdoor sport, and a dedicated ground was built. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "indoor baseball" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…いずれもアメリカの話で,1887年,シカゴのハンコックという人物が発案,あるいは20世紀初め,ミネアポリスのロバーという人物が同市の消防夫のスポーツとして考案,あるいは1900年ころ,野球選手が冬季にトレーニングを行うために室内野球として考え出した,などである。初めは室内で行われ,インドア・ベースボールindoor baseballと称したが,1920年になって屋外でもやるようになり,プレーグラウンド・ボールなどの名で呼ばれて普及,アメリカ,カナダ各地でそれぞれ独自のルールで楽しまれた。30年にシカゴのH.フィッシャーとJ.ポーレーが屋外競技として編成し,専用グラウンドもできた。…

※「インドア・ベースボール」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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