Questions 21-26 refer to the following passage. Baseball __21__ from a number of different ball-and-stick games originating in England. As early as the American Revolution, it was noted that troops played "base ball" in their free time. In 1845 Alexander Cartwright __22__ the New York Knickerbockers' version of the game: a diamond-shaped infield, with bases ninety feet apart, three strikes-you're-out, batter out on a caught ball, three outs per __23__, a nine-man team. The "New York Game" __24__ rapidly, replacing earlier localized forms. From its beginnings, baseball was seen as a way of satisfying the __25__ needs of an increasingly urban-industrial society. At its __26__ it was played by and for wealthy gentlemen. 21.