FUN FACTS
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BASEBALL
FUN FACTS 
Since baseball
playoffs are in the news, here are a few fun facts about baseball.
Up until
1997, baseball teams only played teams in their own league during the
regular season. This means that American League teams would play against
other American League teams and National League teams would play against
other National League teams. In 1997, this tradition ended when interleague
play began. Now, teams from the American League can play National League
teams during the regular season. The first interleague game took place
on June 12, 1997.
Two new
major league teams began playing in 1998. These teams are the Arizona
Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
The National
Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum opened on June 12, 1939 in Cooperstown,
New York.
WEATHER
WORDS 
Hurricane:
a storm that goes around in circles with wind speeds of 73 miles per
hour or more. This type of storm is called a hurricane when it occurs
in the Atlantic Ocean, a typhoon when it occurs in the Pacific Ocean,
and a cyclone when it occurs in the Indian Ocean.
Wind
Speed:
In 1805, Sir Francis Beufort, an admiral in the British Navy, came up
with a system for describing wind speeds at sea. This scale is called
the Beufort Scale and it uses the numbers 0 - 12. The higher the number,
the faster the wind speed.
0 Calm
(under 1 mph - miles per hour)
1 Light Air (1 - 2 mph)
2 Light Breeze (4 - 7 mph)
3 Gentle Breeze (8 - 12mph)
4 Moderate Breeze (13-18 mph)
5 Fresh Breeze (19-24 mph)
6 Strong Breeze (25-31 mph)
7 Near Gale (32-38 mph)
8 Gale (39 - 46 mph)
9 Strong Gale (47 - 54 mph)
10 Storm (55 - 63 mph)
11 Violent Storm (64 - 72 mph)
12 Hurricane (over 74 mph)
* The U.S.
weather service also uses the numbers 13 - 17 for winds of hurricane
speed! #
CHAMBERLIN
STATISTICS
Wilt Chamberlin
was born August 21, 1936 in Philadelphia. He did not play basketball until
he was in seventh grade.
Chamberlin
played basketball at Overbrook High School in the 1950's where he grew
to be 6-foot-11-inches tall. He led Overbrook to three public school championships
and two all-city titles.
Chamberlin
attended two years of college at University of Kansas. His coach there
was Phog Allen. # Chamberlin turned pro in 1958 with the Harlem Globtrotters
and went to the NBA in 1959.
Chamberlin
played in 14 professional basketball seasons.
He was one
of only two players to be named the "Rookie of the Year" and "Most Valuable
Player" in the same season.
On March
2, 1962 Wilt Chamberlin scored 100 points in one basketball game. The
game was the Philadelphia Warriors versus the New York Knickerbockers
and the final score was 169-147. Chamberlin made 28 out of 32 free throws
in that game, scored 31 points in one quarter and 59 points in one half.
He averaged
50.4 points per game in the 1961-1962 season.
Bill Russel,
of the Boston Celtics, was a main rival of Chamberlin.
Chamberlin
scored 31,419 points in his career. This is an average of 30.1 points
per game. He led the NBA in scoring for seven seasons and also led the
league in rebounding for 11 of his 14 seasons.
He won two
championship rings (but he played NBA playoffs 13 times), four MVP awards,
and made 13 All-Star appearances.
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