Base ball in Philadelphia : a history of the early game, 1831-1900 /

Base ball in Philadelphia : a history of the early game, 1831-1900 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Shiffert, John, 1952-
Imprint:	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., c2006.
Description:	ix, 288 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team) -- History. Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team) Baseball -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century. Baseball. Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7688038

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Varying Form of Title:	Baseball in Philadelphia
ISBN:	0786427957 (softcover : alk. paper) 9780786427956 (softcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-279) and index.
Summary:	"Starts with the first baseball club in America, the Olympic Town Ball Club, and concludes with the final year of the National League's monopoly. Also: the early Philadelphia club teams; Philadelphia's part in the National Association of Base Ball Players; and the golden days of the national champion Philadelphia Athletic Club from 1860 through the National Association years"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction-Baseball and Philadelphia
A Guide to Statistics
Part I. The Clubs and the Teams and the City
1. The Olympic Days
2. The Game Spreads and Philadelphia Grows
3. Baseball During the Civil War-Philadelphia Joins the NABBP
4. The First Name in Philadelphia Baseball-Athletic
5. The Drawing of the Color Line
6. The Coming of the Pros
7. The National Association Years
8. The Centennial City and the First Year of the National League
9. The Beer and Whiskey League Comes to Philadelphia
10. A Pennant for the Athletics
11. The Worcester Ruby Legs and the New Philadelphia Philadelphias
12. The Athletics' Riches to Rags Story
13. Other Teams, Other Leagues
14. War and Peace and War
15. The 1890s Phillies-It Was Always Something
Part II. A Biographical Dictionary
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index