3. A. Softball began in 1887
B. George Hancock invented
“indoor baseball”
4. C. 1888, the game spread
outdoors
D. 1895, the first women's team
was formed in Chicago
5. E. 1895, the sport was reinvented
called “mush ball”, “kitten ball”
or “indoor baseball”
F. 1920’s it had the name as
“SOFTBALL”
6. G. The biggest push coming from American
servicemen playing and teaching the game on
the far-flung fields of World War II.
H. 1965, the International Softball
Federation (ISF) was formed
7. I. It spread because of the American movie “A Touch
of Class”, was filmed in London and featured a softball
game, which began to be played in England as a result.
J. First world championship in 1965 for
women and 1966 for men.
8. K. Slow pitch world championship in
1987
L. June 2002, the competition resumed in
Florida (USA)
9. M. 1981, The first world competition for
junior men and women
N. 2001, World Cup for age 16-
under girls
11. A. a diamond-shaped area with 60-
foot (18.3-metre) baselines
B. The pitching distance for men is 46
feet (14 meters) and for women 43 feet
(13.11 meters)
19. The basic rules of Softball
A. Two teams (of nine players) alternate
turns at batting and fielding (often called
defense).
20. B. The aim for the team batting is to
advance a runner around all bases to the
home plate to score runs.
C. The defending team tries to defend its bases by
getting three outs and not allowing the batting team
to score.
21. D. The team that scores the most runs in seven
innings wins. (A tiebreaker procedure comes into
play if the scores are tied after the seventh innings.)
E. Each team’s innings ends when three of its
batters have been ruled out and then the team
that was defending goes in to bat.
22. The playing field
F. There are four bases (first base, second
base, third base and home plate) on the
field of play.
23. G.The lines between the bases are generally 45 to
60ft (approximately 12 to 18m) apart and when joined
they form a ‘diamond’.
H. Inside the diamond is the infield which contains the
pitcher’s plate from which the pitcher throws the ball underarm;
outside the baselines is the outfield.
24. I. Any ball going outside the first or third base line is a
foul ball (runners are not allowed to advance and the
batter gets another try unless the ball was caught in the
air, in which case they are out).
