Baseball

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Across
  1. 2. One of the two cities mentioned as playing in the first World Series.
  2. 3. Another famous player shown in the text, associated with the Yankees.
  3. 6. The sport described as the oldest major American sport.
  4. 8. The league created in 1876.
  5. 10. The team that played the first baseball game mentioned in the text.
Down
  1. 1. The league that started in 1900.
  2. 2. The player shown in the text who played for the Giants.
  3. 4. The sport that the first baseball game was played against.
  4. 5. The championship created when the two leagues were combined.
  5. 7. One of the baseball players shown in the text who became a national hero.
  6. 9. The other city mentioned in that championship.
  7. 11. The person described as the “father of baseball”.
  8. 12. The original name of the game before it became known by its current name.