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Gentlemen at the Bat A Fictional Oral History of the New York Knickerbockers and the Early Days of Base Ball

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Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

27.01.2010

Verlag

McFarland

Seitenzahl

366

Maße (L/B/H)

22,9/15,2/2,2 cm

Gewicht

594 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-7864-4720-6

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

27.01.2010

Verlag

McFarland

Seitenzahl

366

Maße (L/B/H)

22,9/15,2/2,2 cm

Gewicht

594 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-7864-4720-6

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: [email protected]

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  • Table of Contents

    A Note from the Author     
    Prologue: A Real Letter from Jim Davis to Edward Talcott     

    PART ONE: THE EARLY DAYS
    1. On Beginnings     
    2. Meeting Doc and Poor Old Davis     
    3. And a Few Other Early Players     
    4. Gentlemen Playing All Manner of Games     
    5. A Connection Is Made Between Volunteer Fire Companies and Base Ball     
    6. Playing at Madison Park     
    7. Moving to Sunfish Pond     
    8. On the Move Again     
    9. Alick Makes a Suggestion     
    10. The Idea of Clubs     

    PART TWO: ORGANIZING THE CLUB 1845
    11. Recruiting Members     
    12. Writing Rules     
    13. Gentlemen Inventing a Club     
    14. A Trip Across the River     
    15. Playing the First Games as the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club     
    16. Other Clubs, Other Games     
    17. Can They Carry On?     

    PART THREE: FIRST FULL SEASON 1846
    18. An Important Decision     
    19. The First Match Game     
    20. Returning to Club Games     

    PART FOUR: STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL 1847-1849
    21. The Winters Between     
    22. Struggles for Survival     
    23. On Operating a Gentlemen's Club     
    24. Games Amongst Members     
    25. Doc Invents a New Position     
    26. Sporting New Uniforms     
    27. On Crowds and Riots     
    28. Of Bats and Balls     
    29. Printing the Rules     
    30. Going for the Gold     

    PART FIVE: THE NATIONAL GAME 1850-1854
    31. Members Old and New     
    32. Base Ball, Base Ball, Base Ball     
    33. Return to Playing Other Clubs     
    34. On Matters Political     
    35. Dinners and Diversions     
    36. The National Game     
    37. Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds     
    38. Good Players     
    39. Spectators     
    40. The Umpire Issue     

    PART SIX: BASE BALL FEVER 1855-1857
    41. The Fever Spreads     
    42. Club Squabbles     
    43. Time to Organize     
    44. To Plan a Convention     
    45. The First Meeting     
    46. The Rules Committee     
    47. Recommendations     
    48. Playing the Fly Rule     
    49. On Maintaining Standards     
    50. First Nine Matches     
    51. Challenges     
    52. Women at the Games     
    53. Papers Taking Note     
    54. The Changing Game     
    55. New Equipment     
    56. The Pennant     
    57. An Impediment?     

    PART SEVEN: THE GREAT BASE BALL MATCH 1858
    58. The Second Convention     
    59. The National Association     
    60. Another Rules Committee     
    61. A Symbol     
    62. Laying Plans     
    63. To Play or Not     
    64. The Day Approaches     
    65. The First Fashion Course Game     
    66. Aftermath of the Game     
    67. Getting Even     
    68. Rubber Match     
    69. Praise and Complaints     
    70. Season's Play     

    PART EIGHT: AN ILL WIND 1859-1860
    71. Beginning of the End     
    72. Going National     
    73. Sunday Play     
    74. Chadwick's Guides     
    75. Out-of-Control Cranks     
    76. The Spectre of Professionalism     
    77. To Be Competitive     
    78. On Running a Club     
    79. Other Clubs to the Forefront     
    80. Of Bounders and Flys     
    81. Banning Entertainments     
    82. A New Park     
    83. Rule Changes     

    PART NINE: PLAYING THROUGH THE WAR 1861-1865
    84. Things Unravel     
    85. Membership Matters     
    86. Maintaining Control     
    87. Creeping Commercialism     
    88. How They Played     
    89. Other Clubs' Matches     
    90. Down to a Few     

    PART TEN: COMMERCIALISM 1866-1870
    91. Base Ball Mania     
    92. Paid to Play     
    93. To Distinguish Between Amateur and Professional     
    94. All-Professional Clubs     
    95. A Question of Race     
    96. Leaving the Association     
    97. On Their Own     
    98. Dirty Dealings     
    99. Gate Money Principles     
    100. Difficult Times for Davis     
    101. Collapse of the Association     

    PART ELEVEN: AMATEURS AND PROFESSIONALS 1871-1875
    102. Red Stockings Reversal     
    103. All-Amateur Association     
    104. Blurring the Lines     
    105. The Professionals Regroup     
    106. Club Doings     
    107. Chicanery on the Field     
    108. Tinkering with the Rules     
    109. Availability of Goods     
    110. On Curvers and Long Throws     
    111. Celebrating Davis     

    PART TWELVE: NATIONAL LEAGUE 1876-1879
    112. A New Approach     
    113. Suspicions     
    114. Changes     
    115. Old-Timers     
    116. New Amateurs     
    117. And Then There Was One     

    PART THIRTEEN: THE END 1880-1882
    118. Final Days     
    119. A Quiet End     

    Epilogue