http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/ Chadwick's biographer got this wrong.]]> en-us sorabji.com Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.7 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:26:53 -0500 360 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/d/104176-8/HenryChadwick.jpg http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/ http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4148.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4148.JPG.html
In Memoriam Henry Chadwick, "Father of Base Ball" Born Oct. 5, 1824 Died April 20, 1908 ]]> mark thomas photo Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:26:43 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4147.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4147.JPG.html
In Memoriam Henry Chadwick, "Father of Base Ball" Born Oct. 5, 1824 Died April 20, 1908 ]]> mark thomas photo Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:26:31 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4144.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4144.JPG.html
In Memoriam Henry Chadwick, "Father of Base Ball" Born Oct. 5, 1824 Died April 20, 1908 ]]> mark thomas photo Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:26:31 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4142.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4142.JPG.html
In Memoriam Henry Chadwick, "Father of Base Ball" Born Oct. 5, 1824 Died April 20, 1908 ]]> mark thomas photo Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:26:31 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4140.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4140.JPG.html
Someone left this actual baseball at the base of Henry Chadwick's grave site. ]]> mark thomas photo Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:26:31 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4136.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4136.JPG.html
Henry Chadwick's grave is topped by an enormous granite baseball ]]> mark thomas photo Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:26:31 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4135.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4135.JPG.html
Jane Botts (Born July 24 1819, Died May 19 1915), wife of Henry Chadwick, is also buried at this grave. ]]> mark thomas photo Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:26:31 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4132.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4132.JPG.html
It is unusual to see real gear like this batter's glove on an open-air tombstone. This grave marker looks as much like a museum piece as a tomb stone.]]> mark thomas photo Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:27:27 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4126.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4126.JPG.html
Henry Chadwick was a sportswriter whose popular newspaper columns are credited with popularizing the then-nascent game of "base ball." The game came to be known as "baseball" in later years.]]> mark thomas photo Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:26:31 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4124.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/HenryChadwick/IMG_4124.JPG.html
Chadwick's grave stands out at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. With actual baseball gear on the marker, this grave appears to be actively maintained by the Chadwick Estate
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