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BASEBALL & BOWLING Although the exact origin of baseball is unknown, some historians believe it to have originated from two English games: cricket and rounders. Both games involved a stick that was used to strike a ball. In 1845, Alexander Cartwright established a formal, consistent set of rules that all baseball teams could play by, some of which are still in place today. Throughout the mid-to-late 1900s, small towns like Orland Park formed their own baseball teams. The Orland area had multiple baseball teams dating as early as 1908, including the Orland Greys, Orland Reds, Wagoners, Orland Juniors, Orland Boosters, and the Wabash teams. Bowling was brought to America in the 1600s, but it reached its peak popularity in the 1850s. From that point, it spread rapidly across the country. The game was played predominantly in German communities, like Orland Park. According to a Sandborn Fire Insurance Map from the 1890s, there used to be a nine-pin bowling alley behind the Orland Park Hotel. It is unknown when the bowling alley closed.

ARTIFACTS IN THIS CABINET TOP SHELF (LEFT TO RIGHT): • John Humphrey’s Baseball, Date Unknown • Photograph of the Orland Grey’s, 1910 • Buck Family’s Baseball, 1952 •.Photograph of the Wabash Baseball Club, 1922 •.Photograph of the Orland Boosters, 1928-1929 BOTTOM SHELF (LEFT TO RIGHT): • Toy Wooden Bowling Pins, c. 1880s-1900 • Skittles Bowling Game, c. 1940-1970 • .Cabinet Card of the Orland Park Hotel, c. 1890s • Brunswick Corp. Duck Pin, c. 1979-1995 • Amflite II White Bowling Pin, c. 1985-2005