Baseball in Territorial Arizona

Baseball in Territorial Arizona
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 197
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ISBN-10 : 9780786496105
ISBN-13 : 078649610X
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Baseball in Territorial Arizona by : John Darrin Tenney

The Arizona Territory is known for saloons, gunfights, outlaws and strong women. But the history of baseball in Arizona is long forgotten. The national pastime came first to the territory's many military posts and soon gained a foothold in early towns such as Tucson, Prescott, Tombstone and Phoenix. Gaining popularity in the 1880s, the game spread through the territory with the help of railroads. Soon company nines were competing against town clubs. In the early 1900s, the major leagues made several tours through Arizona. This book takes a first-ever look into Arizona's rich baseball history, with never before seen photographs of the earliest baseball clubs and games.

Kansas Baseball, 1858–1941

Kansas Baseball, 1858–1941
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Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Total Pages : 424
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ISBN-10 : 9780700624409
ISBN-13 : 0700624406
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Kansas Baseball, 1858–1941 by : Mark E. Eberle

As baseball was becoming the national pastime, Kansas was settling into statehood, with hundreds of towns growing up with the game. The early history of baseball in Kansas, chronicled in this book, is the story of those towns and the ballparks they built, of the local fans and teams playing out the drama of the American dream in the heart of the country. Mark Eberle's history spans the years between the Civil War–era and the start of World War II, encapsulating a time when baseball was adopted by early settlers, then taken up by soldiers sent west, and finally by teams formed to express the identity of growing towns and the diverse communities of African Americans, Native Americans, and Hispanic Americans. As elsewhere in the country, these teams represented businesses, churches, schools, military units, and prisons. There were men's teams and women's, some segregated by race and others integrated, some for adults and others for youngsters. Among them we find famous barnstormers like the House of David, the soldiers of the Seventh Cavalry who played at Fort Wallace in the 1860s, and Babe Didrikson pitching the first inning of a 1934 game in Hays. Where some of these games took place, baseball is still played, and Kansas Baseball, 1858–1941 takes us to nine of them, some of the oldest in the country. These ballparks, still used for their original purpose, are living history, and in their stories Eberle captures a vibrant image of the state's past and a vision of many innings yet to be played—a storied history and promising future that readers will be tempted to visit with this book as an informative and congenial guide.

Maroon & Gold

Maroon & Gold
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Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
Total Pages : 300
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1582612234
ISBN-13 : 9781582612232
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Maroon & Gold by : Bob Eger

In Maroon & Gold: A History of Sun Devil Athletics, veteran sportswriter Bob Eger recounts not only the most celebrated moments but many little-known items from the university's colorful sports history. From turn-of-the-century football legend Charlie Haigler to the electrifying Whizzer White to latterday star Jake Plummer, the rich football lineage is well documented. But this is much more than a football book. Who could forget coach Ned Wulk's great basketball teams of the early 1960s or the five national basketball titles? It's a little-known fact that women were participating in an early form of aerobics on campus as early as 1891 and playing basketball in 1898, though the school didn't begin attracting national attention for women's athletics until golfer JoAnne Gunderson and diver Patsy Willard began to dominate their sports in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Maroon & Gold: A History of Sun Devil Athletics is must reading for any true Sun Devil fan from any generation.

Organized Professional Team Sports

Organized Professional Team Sports
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 1342
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ISBN-10 : LOC:00012511401
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Organized Professional Team Sports by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary

Committee Serial No. 8. pt. 1: Considers legislation on the applicability of the antitrust laws to organize professional sports enterprises. pt. 2: Continuation of hearings on sports teams and antitrust legislation. pt. 3: Continuation of antitrust hearings on professional sports antitrust exemptions.

Hearings

Hearings
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 1798
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015012908003
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Hearings by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary

The Native American

The Native American
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044043581198
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis The Native American by :

The Arizona Rangers

The Arizona Rangers
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 222
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0890156107
ISBN-13 : 9780890156100
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis The Arizona Rangers by : Bill O'Neal

"The Arizona Rangers" is the first documented history of the Rangers ever published, and fills a sizeable void in the annals of Arizona Territory. Bill O'Neal's enthusiasm for his subject and his respect for those remarkable men who wore the five-pointed star are apparent in every word of his thoroughly researched, well written manuscript. He has accurately portrayed the story of the Arizona Rangers against an authentic background of turn-of-the-century Arizona.

Baseball's Antitrust Exemption

Baseball's Antitrust Exemption
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 278
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ISBN-10 : PURD:32754063085389
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Baseball's Antitrust Exemption by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law

Gentle Black Giants

Gentle Black Giants
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Publisher : Nbrp Press
Total Pages : 388
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0578501333
ISBN-13 : 9780578501338
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Gentle Black Giants by : Kazuo Sayama

Between 1927 and 1934, the Philadelphia Royal Giants embarked on several goodwill tours across the Pacific-to Japan, Korea, the Philippines and the Hawaiian Territories. As African-Americans, they were relegated to second-class citizenship in the U.S., but abroad they were treated like kings. Unlike the previous tours of major league stars who ridiculed their opponents through embarrassing defeats, the Royal Giants made the games competitive, dignified and enjoyable for opposing players. In Gentle Black Giants: A History of Negro Leaguers in Japan, Kazuo Sayama and Bill Staples, Jr. chronicle the tours of the Royal Giants and demonstrate that without the skill and humanity displayed by the Negro Leaguers, Japanese ballplayers might have become discouraged and lost their love for the game. Instead, the experience of sharing the field with these "gentle, black giants" kept their spirits high and nurtured the seeds for professional baseball to flourish in Japan.