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	George Wright Golf Club
		George Wright is named after one of the original members of the Cincinnati Red Stockings professional baseball team.
		Wright went on to be the manager of the Boston Red Stockings and led them to a number of Championships in the 1880’s.
		George Wright was doomed to be the Grande Dame who missed her debutante ball.
	www.donaldrosssociety.org /MEMBERS/GeorgeWright.htm (1061 words)

	George Wright (baseball) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George helped define the shortstop position and on-field teamwork but his main work as a sporting developer came after retiring from baseball.
		George was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937 and inducted by the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2005.
		George Wright served on the 1906-1907 Mills Commission that identified Cooperstown, New York as the birthplace of baseball.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Wright_(baseball) (1407 words)

	UH -Top Education Stories - George Wright, formerly provost at UT-Arlington
		The worst thing that happened to George Wright during the Jim Crow era of his youth didn't involve a fight or a racial slur.
		Wright makes no predictions about specific moves he'll make, but he says he picks up optimism from the different constituents he has met with that positive change will occur.
		Wright's ultimate goal may have been to become a university president, but his early career was focused on teaching and scholarship, and numerous awards given to him show how successful he was at both.
	www.uh.edu /ednews/2003/hc/200311/20031101wright.html (1286 words)

	Jamaica Plain Historical Society - 'Victorian Era' Editor - Baseball in Jamaica Plain
		The beginnings of baseball in Boston, and its first connection to Jamaica Plain, are found with Harry Wright and his brother George.
		The Wrights were born in England and had been cricket players until switching to baseball when they came to America to begin careers in baseball.
		Thus, since Wright was an early inductee to the Baseball Hall of Fame as the founder of professional baseball, and the person responsible for nearly half the game’s concepts of play that exist today, Jamaica Plain can rightfully share bragging rights, along with Cincinnati, to this great baseball icon.
	www.jphs.org /victorian/baseball-in-jamaica-plain.html (2139 words)

	Nap Lajoie Wins "George Wright Award"; Who Was Nap Lajoie" How Tobacco Lead To Basebll Cards; Nap Lajoie and Walter ...
		In the absence of such an award, the Baseball History Bulletin has decided to designate Lajoie as the winner of a hypothetical "George Wright Award" as the outstanding American League position player for 1901.
		The first era of baseball cards ended in the early 1890s when a monopoly took control of the tobacco industry.
		With fierce competition within the tobacco industry, some of the most eye-pleasing baseball sets in the hobby's history were produced featuring a wide variety of designs.
	www.homestead.com /spcgaz/77.html (1107 words)

	Baseball As America
		Baseball As America is organized in thematic sections to explore the changing roles baseball has played in American culture and history, and to examine its unique position in our national life.
		Baseball is so closely identified with American ideals and identity that it often serves as an expression of patriotism.
		Segregation in baseball, which is illustrated by such artifacts from the Negro leagues as a Pittsburgh Crawford’s jersey donated by Buck Leonard and the shoes of James “Cool Papa” Bell.
	www.baseballasamerica.org /pr2003_08_01.htm (2008 words)

	George Wright Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		George Wright was born on Thursday, January 28, 1847, in Yonkers, New York.
		Wright was 29 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 5, 1876, with the Boston Red Caps.
		His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive George Wright baseball stats page.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=wrighge01 (290 words)

	George Wright \| BaseballLibrary.com
		The Wrights transferred operations to Boston when the National Association was formed, and won four of five pennants.
		George was the team's sparkplug, Harry the manager.
		Wright scores two runs and fields flawlessly, but will play no more games because of protests from Providence, which still has him "reserved." The loss snaps Chicago's win streak of 13, which they will top in a little more than a month (June 2—July 8).
	baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/W/Wright_George.stm (388 words)

	Special to Behind the Bombers From Harvey Frommer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Wright had come to the United States when his father, a famous cricket player, was hired by the fashionable St. George Cricket Club in New York.
		Harry Wright, a stern taskmaster, went about drilling the team, mandating work habits, insisting players be businesslike on the field, admonishing them on diet, drink, tobacco and clean living.
		But in Syracuse, Wright's baseballers had to contend with a ball park ready for the wrecker's ball: twelve-inch-high grass, and a live-pigeon shoot being staged on the field.
	www.allsports.com /mlb/yankees/frommer96.htm (2052 words)

	Tennis, Golf and Baseball Antiques & Collectibles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		George Wright and Henry A. Ditson each owned sporting good companies in the 1870s.
		Wright & Ditson company was founded in 1871 and was bought by Spalding in 1891.
		Al Spalding, A. Reach and George Wright all played for Boston's National League baseball team in 1877.
	www.woodtennis.com /baseball (191 words)

	George Wright - Baseball Fever
		The Wright brothers, George and Harry (tired of being overshadowed by Orville and Wilber) started and ran that first pro team in Cincy.
		The original Cincinnati Red Stockings, baseball's first openly all-professional team, were founded in 1867, turning professional in 1869.
		The team was expelled from the league after the 1880 season, in part for violating league rules by serving beer to fans at games.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=33806 (624 words)

	Help Identify an Old Bat? - Baseball Fever
		That would be a bat from the Boston company of Wright and Ditson.
		The Wright, by the way, was baseball Hall of Famer George Wright.
		George Wright was the brother of Harry Wright, FYI.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=44302 (349 words)

	Harry Wright and the Red Stockings
		Cincinnati now replaced New York as the baseball capital of the world, although only one of the Red Stockings was actually from the city and most were in fact New Yorkers.
		Wright's prayers weren't the only place baseball was being incorporated.
		Every magnate in the country is indebted to this man for the establishment of baseball as a business, and every patron for furnishing him with a systematic recreation.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~HYPER/INCORP/baseball/wright.html (372 words)

	Nap Lajoie -- One of baseball's most dominant infielders
		Yet, one of the greatest hitters of the earliest years of baseball never played for a pennant winner.
		The landscape of baseball changed during the 1901 season as the American League rose to challenge the National League's dominance.
		He was so dominant, in fact, that on May 23 of that season he became the first player in baseball history to be intentionally walked with the bases loaded.
	www.historicbaseball.com /players/l/lajoie_nap.html (922 words)

	Genesee Country Village & Museum - Attractions - 19th Century Baseball Field
		George Ewing, a Revolutionary War soldier, wrote in a letter home about playing a game of "base" at Valley Forge in 1778.
		However, it was not until 1843 that all the components that would evolve into modern-day baseball would start to come together.
		George Wright, Harry's younger brother who had played for the Cincinnati team, moved to Boston and became the highest paid player in base ball with an annual salary of $1,400.
	www.gcv.org /attractions/baseball/history.shtml (1437 words)

	George Wright \| National Baseball Hall of Fame
		George Wright was the star shortstop of baseball's first openly all-professional team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, for whom he hit 49 home runs in 57 games and batted an astounding.633.
		"George Wright never had any equal as a fielder, base runner and batsman, combined with heady work of a quality never accredited to any ball tosser.
		Tell someone about George Wright by sending a free Hall of Fame Digital Postcard.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/wright_george.htm (273 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Doing so also allowed Harry Wright, the club's organizer (who had received $1,200 annually for his organizational and playing talents since 1865) to recruit the best players.
		With a roster of 12 and a payroll of $9,300, Wright turned the Reds of 1869 into the best baseball team in the country.
		The team's star was Harry's brother, George Wright, who also commanded the top salary, $1,400.
	www.mrbaseball.com /g1869.php (225 words)

	Dayton Baseball History
		The Dayton Baseball Club was established in the late 1860’s, and played their games at Bimm’s Park.
		Wagner is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and was inducted in the first class in 1936, along with Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Matthewson, and Babe Ruth.
		In 1903, the year the Wright Brothers invented powered flight, the team changed its name to the Veterans and began play in the Central League, as part of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues.
	www.daytontriangles.com /9baseballstory.html (1851 words)

	George Wright \| The BASEBALL Page (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		George Wright was the first superstar in professional organized baseball.
		George and his brother Harry, who managed the Cincinnati team and later the team in Boston, were the driving forces behind baseball's early organization.
		In what was essentially a 60-game season, Wright plated 50 runs, scored 99, and batted.388 in a league that hit.290.
	www.thebaseballpage.com.cob-web.org:8888 /players/wrighge01.php (283 words)

	HistoricBaseball.Com -- Hall of Fame
		NEW YORK -- Hitting star Paul Molitor and reliever Dennis Eckersley were elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Tuesday in their first year of eligibility.
		When it came to the debuts of Hall of Famers, the stars from the 1920s prove to be one of baseball's most formidible generations.
		Al Spalding, George Wright and Harry Wright made their debuts with the Boston Red Stockings of the National Association.
	www.historicbaseball.com /hof/halloffame.html (440 words)

	Sam Wright \| The BASEBALL Page
		The lesser-known brother of Hall of Famers George and Harry, Sam Wright was a more casual baseball player than his siblings.
		The three Wright brothers (Harry was born in 1835, George in 1847, and Sam in 1848) were on the same team very briefly for the Red Caps in 1876.
		Sam played in two games, while George was the star shortstop, and Harry managed the team and appeared in one game.
	www.thebaseballpage.com /players/wrighsa01.php (267 words)

	Wright & Ditson wood tennis rackets, books, antiques & collectibles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Wright & Ditson wood tennis rackets, books, antiques & collectibles
		Wright & Ditson company was founded in 1871 and was bought by Spalding in 1891, however the name was continued on tennis rackets & balls till into the 1940's.
		By 1883, the tilt was abandoned for the now classical symetric head rackets and by 1885 the oval shaped racket was introduced.
	www.woodtennis.com /WaD (308 words)

	Ricky Wright Statistics - The Baseball Cube (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
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	www.thebaseballcube.com /players/W/ricky-wright.shtml (613 words)

	George Fox University: About GFU
		Baseball: Bell, Sargent Give Bruins Two on Academic All-District Baseball Team
		NEWBERG, Ore. - Eric Bell, for the second year in a row, and Joshua Sargent, for the first time, have been selected as George Fox University representatives on the Verizon Academic All-District VIII College Division Baseball Team as voted on by district members of the College Sports Information Director of America (CoSIDA).
		Bell, a first baseman from Spokane, Wash., is the top slugger on a 2003 Northwest Conference championship team that is ranked 20th in the nation.
	www.georgefox.edu /events/press.cgi?id=1778 (659 words)

	Wildlife Artist George Wright (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		George Wright, a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art, is a native of Cambridge, Maryland on the Eastern Shore.
		He was commissioned by the Babe Ruth Museum to do an original rendering of the "Sultan of Swat" which presently hangs in the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame.
		Lots more of Wrights work will be here in the next couple weeks, Keep checking back.
	www.watsonswildlife.com.cob-web.org:8888 /wright.htm (234 words)

	George Wright Golf Course (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		George Wright Golf Course was designed by the great Donald Ross as one
		The course is named for George Wright, who
		To learn more about George Wright, click the link below.
	www.georgewrightgolfcourse.com.cob-web.org:8888 (109 words)

	Ernie Harwell - Baseball Pamphlets - Box 3
		Monopoly in Manpower: Organized Baseball Meets Antitrust Laws.
		The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
		The Toledo Baseball Guide of the Mud Hens 1883-1943.
	www.detroit.lib.mi.us /Harwell/Baseball_Pamphlet_Box3.htm (33 words)

	George Wright - BR Bullpen
		Note: This page links to George Wright, the Hall of Fame infielder and manager.
		For the outfielder who played from 1982 to 1986, see click here.
		Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on December 7, 1937 by the Centennial Commission.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/George_Wright (93 words)

	George Wright \| The BASEBALL Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Home > Player Pages > George Wright > Career Stats for George Wright
		Search for George Wright at The Baseball Page
		See the most popular players who played the same position as George Wright.
	www.thebaseballpage.com /players/wrighge03.php (154 words)

	HOF not Selected - Fantasy Baseball Cafe 2006
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