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Author:   Howard Burman
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.481kg
ISBN:  

9780786447206

ISBN 10:   0786447206
Pages:   364
Publication Date:   10 February 2010
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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     

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Former professor Howard Burman has taught literature overseas and served as an artistic producing director of several professional theatres. He is a full-time writer dividing his time between California and Ireland.

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