Dummy Hoy- 50 mins Name: __________________________________ Period:_________

WL.K12.IL.6.3: Examine significant historic and contemporary influences from the cultures studied such as explores, artists, musicians, and athletes.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How will I explain the impact and significance of Hoy’s baseball contributions?

1. What is Dummy Hoy’s real name? ________________________________________

2. What year was he born in? ________________________

3. At a young age, he contracted _____________________________________, making him deaf.

4. What school did Hoy go to? ____________________________________________________________________

5. While in school, he trained to become a ______________________________________________________

6. Who inspired Hoy to play baseball?__________________________________________

7. _________________________________ was the professional pitcher that was humiliated by Hoy.

8. What year did he begin to play professional baseball? ________________________________

9. True/False - The team in Milwaukee said no to Hoy playing, until they saw him throw.

10. True/False - When they offered him $75 per month, he eagerly accepted.

11. True/False - Hoy is responsible for the hand signals used today in baseball.

12. Hoy learned speech from ________________________________________________, who later became his wife.

13. How many bases did he steal his rookie year? __________________________________

14. Name 3 Major League teams he played with.

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15. Dummy Hoy faced off in the major leagues with another deaf player named: _____________________________

16. How many games did he play? _____________________________________

17. Hoy died in ___________________ at the age of _______________

18. True/False - Dummy Hoy is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Did you catch it?

What did Ed Dunden tell him to do in order to practice pitching?

How were the Baseball fields different than they are today?
ANSWERING ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
Why is Dummy Hoy significant in the Deaf community?
What impact did he have on the hearing world of baseball?
Dummy Hoy Video Key

1. What is Dummy Hoy’s real name? _____William_______________________

2. What year was he born in? __1862_____________________________________

3. At a young age, he contracted __Spinal meningitis_________, making him deaf.

4. What school did Hoy go to? _Ohio School for the Deaf____________________

5. Hoy was inspired to play baseball by: ___Ed Dunden______________________

6. While in school, he trained to become a __cobbler_______________________

7. __Billy Hart______________________ was the professional pitcher that was humiliated by Hoy.

8. True/False the team in Milwaukee said no to Hoy playing, until they saw him throw.

9. What year did he begin to play professional baseball? ___1886_______________

10. True/False When Milwaukee offered him $75 per month, he eagerly accepted.

11. True/False Hoy is responsible for the hand signals used today in baseball.

12. Hoy learned speech from _Anna Marie Lowry_____________________, who later became his wife.

13. How many bases did he steal his rookie year? ____82_________________

14. Name 3 Major League teams he played with.

Nationals, Bison, Browns, Reds, Senators, Colonels, Looloos

15. Dummy Hoy faced off in the major leagues with another deaf player named: ___Dummy Taylor_______________________

16. How many games did he play?___1792__

17. Hoy died in __1961____ at the age of ________99___________

18. True/False Dummy Hoy is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Did you catch it?

What did Ed Dunden tell him to do in order to practice pitching? _

Draw a box on a wall and keep throwing a ball at the box to practice

How were the Baseball fields different than they are today?
No fence in the outfield