Base ball in Cincinnati : a history /
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| Author / Creator: | Ellard, Harry, -1913. |
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| Imprint: | Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2004. |
| Description: | xiv, 218 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | McFarland historical baseball library, 3 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5253413 |
Table of Contents:
- History of our national game of baseball
- Cincinnati was always a stronghold for fans
- Prominent men started it
- Rounders and townball preceded baseball on local lots
- First rules of baseball
- How the first Cincinnati Baseball Club was organized
- Prominent men took an active part in the game
- History of early days
- Rivalry and enthusiasm were unbounded when teams played
- The great baseball tournament of 1867
- Formation of the Ohio Association
- Scores made by the Cincinnati Baseball Club in 1866 and 1867
- How the famous Reds of 1868 were organized
- Men of national fame later in life played ball in those days
- Adoption of the first uniforms of the club
- Short trousers inaugurated
- The Cincinnati juniors figured
- Youngsters in all our suburbs had good nines
- Baseball clubs in Cincinnati in 1868
- Harry Wright married
- Indians, play on Cincinnati ball grounds
- Charter roll of membership of the original Cincinnati Baseball Club
- Scores made by the Cincinnati Baseball Club in 1868
- Scores made by the Buckeye Baseball Club in 1868
- The famous Reds of 1869 and their victories
- Were the first professional team in the country
- Players were secured by a Cincinnatian from all parts of the country
- Never defeated
- Detailed account of each player
- Salary list
- Their eastern tour
- The great game with the Mutuals of New York City
- The unbeaten redlegs of 1869
- Great reception upon their return home
- Most famous of ballplayers
- Their western tour
- The Reds of sixty-nine
- Official scores for the season
- The Cincinnati Baseball Club of 1870
- The players of the year
- The season opens very successfully
- Larger scores made than in 1869
- Their eastern tour
- Their first defeat
- The historic game with the Atlantics
- Red Stockings lowered their banner on the Capitoline Grounds back of Brooklyn
- It came to pass, but it took eleven innings to defeat the invincible ball-tossers
- Homeward bound
- Presentation of banner by president champion
- Resignation of officers of 1869
- Election of new officers of the Cincinnati Baseball Club
- Scores made by the Cincinnati Baseball Club in 1870
- Dissolution of the old Red Stockings
- Disbanding of the original Cincinnati Baseball Club
- Formation of association of professional baseball players
- The old Reds quit Cincinnati
- Championship clubs from 1859 to 1876
- The Reds invade England
- The ball-fields from 1876 to the present day
- Formation of the national league of professional baseball clubs
- The baseball wars
- Cincinnati took prominent part
- The Cincinnati Baseball Club as pennant winners
- The players of the club of 1882
- The American association
- Championship clubs from 1882 to 1892
- Championship clubs of the national league from 1876 to 1908, and their managers
- The Cincinnati Baseball Club of today.
