Early Baseball In New Orleans

Author : S. Derby Gisclair
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476635989

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Early Baseball in New Orleans by S. Derby Gisclair Pdf

In the 1800s, New Orleans' local economy evolved from rural-agrarian into urban-industrial. With this transformation came newfound leisure time, which birthed the concept of organized sport. Though first considered a game for children, baseball became New Orleans' most popular pastime, and by 1859, numerous baseball clubs had been established in the city. This book traces the development of baseball in New Orleans from its earliest recorded games in 1859 through the end of the 19th century, with a particular focus on the New Orleans Pelicans.

Author : John Thorn
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476621951

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Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Fall 2012) by John Thorn Pdf

BACK ISSUE Base Ball is a peer-reviewed book series published annually. Offering the best in original research and analysis, it promotes study of baseball’s early history, from its protoball roots to 1920, and its rise to prominence within American popular culture. Prior to Volume 10, Base Ball was published as Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game. This is a back issue of that journal.

Author : Larry R. Gerlach
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781496239983

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Lion of the League by Larry R. Gerlach Pdf

Author : John Thorn
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476621395

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Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game, Vol. 9 by John Thorn Pdf

BACK ISSUE Base Ball is a peer-reviewed book series published annually. Offering the best in original research and analysis, it promotes study of baseball’s early history, from its protoball roots to 1920, and its rise to prominence within American popular culture. Prior to Volume 10, Base Ball was published as Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game. This is a back issue of that journal.

Author : William J. Ryczek
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-29
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0786482834

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Baseball’s First Inning by William J. Ryczek Pdf

This history of America’s pastime describes the evolution of baseball from early bat and ball games to its growth and acceptance in different regions of the country. Such New York clubs as the Atlantics, Excelsiors and Mutuals are a primary focus, serving as examples of how the sport became more sophisticated and popular. The author compares theories about many of baseball’s “inventors,” exploring the often fascinating stories of several of baseball’s oldest founding myths. The impact of the Civil War on the sport is discussed and baseball’s unsteady path to becoming America’s national game is analyzed at length.

Author : Peter Morris,William J. Ryczek,Jan Finkel
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786490011

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Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870 by Peter Morris,William J. Ryczek,Jan Finkel Pdf

By 1871, the popularity of baseball had spread so thoroughly across America that one writer observed, "It is as much our national game as cricket is that of the English." While major league teams and athletes that played after this prophetic statement was made have been exhaustively documented and analyzed, those that led the game during its pioneer phase from 1850 to 1870 have received relatively little attention. In this welcome work, leading historians of early baseball provide profiles of more than fifty clubs and their players, from legendary teams such as the Red Stockings of Cincinnati and the Nationals of Washington to forgotten nines like the Pecatonica (Illinois) Base Ball Club and the Morning Star Club of St. Louis. Engaging narratives bring these long-ago clubs back to life, stimulating more research on this fascinating era and creating a standard reference source for all who study America's national pastime.

Author : S. Derby Gisclair
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0738516147

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Baseball in New Orleans by S. Derby Gisclair Pdf

In July of 1859, seventy-five young New Orleanians came together to form the seven teams that comprised the Louisiana Base Ball Club. They played their games in the fields of the de la Chaise estate on the outskirts of New Orleans near present-day Louisiana Avenue. As America's population grew through immigration, so did the popularity of what the largest newspaper in New Orleans, the Daily Picayune, called in November of 1860 "the National Game." Baseball quickly replaced cricket as the city's most popular participant sport. In 1887, local businessmen and promoters secured a minor league franchise for the city of New Orleans in the newly formed Southern League, beginning the city's 73-year love affair with the New Orleans Pelicans. From Shoeless Joe Jackson, to Hall of Famers Dazzy Vance, Joe Sewell, Bob Lemon, and Earl Weaver, to today's stars such as Jeff Cirillo and Lance Berkman, the road to the majors brought many notable players through New Orleans. From these early beginnings to the present-day New Orleans Zephyrs of the AAA Pacific Coast League, local fans have continued the tradition of baseball in New Orleans.

Author : Gunther Barth
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1982-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190281243

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City People by Gunther Barth Pdf

This study explains the parallel development of urbanization and modernization in late nineteenth-century American society, demonstrating how the successful features of big-city life spread across the country and transformed towns all over America.

Author : Roy Kerr
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786485130

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Roger Connor by Roy Kerr Pdf

Known today as “the Babe Ruth of the 1880s,” Hall of Famer Roger Connor was the greatest of the nineteenth-century home run hitters, his career total (138) having stood as the major league record for nearly 24 years—until it was broken by Ruth himself. When he retired in 1897, he was also tops in triples (233), second in walks and total bases, third in hits, and fourth in doubles. But Connor did more than swing from his heels. He was an expert bunter who averaged more than twenty stolen bases a year (some credit him with inventing the “pop-up” slide) and led the league four times in fielding. Called “The Gentleman of the Diamond,” the slugger was never ejected from a game in seventeen major league seasons. This biography sheds new light on the life and five-decade baseball career of one of the games most admired and beloved players.

Author : S. Derby Gisclair
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781439612576

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Baseball in New Orleans by S. Derby Gisclair Pdf

In July of 1859, seventy-five young New Orleanians came together to form the seven teams that comprised the Louisiana Base Ball Club. They played their games in the fields of the de la Chaise estate on the outskirts of New Orleans near present-day Louisiana Avenue. As America's population grew through immigration, so did the popularity of what the largest newspaper in New Orleans, the Daily Picayune, called in November of 1860 "the National Game." Baseball quickly replaced cricket as the city's most popular participant sport. In 1887, local businessmen and promoters secured a minor league franchise for the city of New Orleans in the newly formed Southern League, beginning the city's 73-year love affair with the New Orleans Pelicans. From Shoeless Joe Jackson, to Hall of Famers Dazzy Vance, Joe Sewell, Bob Lemon, and Earl Weaver, to today's stars such as Jeff Cirillo and Lance Berkman, the road to the majors brought many notable players through New Orleans. From these early beginnings to the present-day New Orleans Zephyrs of the AAA Pacific Coast League, local fans have continued the tradition of baseball in New Orleans.

Author : Neil W. Macdonald
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004-05-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0786417552

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The League That Lasted by Neil W. Macdonald Pdf

In the early 1870s, baseball was chaos, mired in mismanagement and corruption. William Hulbert, the owner of Chicago's National Association team, believed that a league run efficiently with honest competition would survive and flourish. Hulbert, relying on his pragmatic philosophy of "molasses now, vinegar later" and working with his prize recruit Albert Spalding, founded the National League in 1876. That inaugural season of the National League is chronicled in this heavily documented work. The league fell far short of Hulbert's dreams in its first season, but he stuck to his belief that integrity would win out in the end. He not only prohibited Sunday baseball and the sale and consumption of alcohol within the league's ballparks, but ousted two teams--New York and Philadelphia--from the league because they failed to meet their obligation to finish out the season. Despite the setbacks, scandals, and considerable opposition, all of which are thoroughly covered here, the National League survived its first year.

Author : John Smith Kendall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : New Orleans (La.)
ISBN : WISC:89081205288

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History of New Orleans by John Smith Kendall Pdf

Author : John A. Simpson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476611082

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ÒThe Greatest Game Ever Played in DixieÓ by John A. Simpson Pdf

In 1908 baseball was the only game that mattered in the South. With no major league team in the region, rivalries between Southern Association cities such as Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, and New Orleans were heated. This season, however, no city was as baseball-crazed as Nashville, whose Vols had been league doormat in 1907. After an unpromising start, the Nashville club clawed its way into contention during the month of July, rising into the upper division, then into a battle for first. Local interest intensified, as the competitive fire of Nashville fans was stoked by sharp-tongued columnist Grantland Rice and the city’s three daily newspapers. By the time the Vols met the New Orleans Pelicans for a season-ending series, and the championship, the city was gripped by a pennant fever that shut down the commercial district. Nearly 13,000 people thronged the Nashville ballpark, Sulphur Dell, for the third and deciding contest. What they saw was described by Rice as “the greatest game ever played in Dixie.”

Author : William J. Plott
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476677880

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Black Baseball's Last Team Standing by William J. Plott Pdf

 The Birmingham Black Barons were a nationally known team in baseball's Negro leagues from 1920 through 1962. Among its storied players were Hall of Famers Satchel Paige, Willie Mays, and Mule Suttles. The Black Barons played in the final Negro Leagues World Series in 1948 and were a major drawing card when barnstorming throughout the United States and parts of Canada. This book chronicles the team's history and presents the only comprehensive roster of the hundreds of men who wore the Black Barons uniform.

Author : Patrick R. Redmond
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476605845

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The Irish and the Making of American Sport, 1835äóñ1920 by Patrick R. Redmond Pdf

Jerrold Casway coined the phrase “The Emerald Age of Baseball” to describe the 1890s, when so many Irish names dominated teams’ rosters. But one can easily agree—and expand—that the period from the mid–1830s well into the first decade of the 20th century and assign the term to American sports in general. This book covers the Irish sportsman from the arrival of James “Deaf” Burke in 1836 through to Jack B. Kelly’s rejection by Henley regatta and his subsequent gold medal at the 1920 Olympics. It avoids recounting the various victories and defeats of the Irish sportsman, seeking instead to deal with the complex interaction that he had with alcohol, gambling and Sunday leisure: pleasures that were banned in most of America at some time or other between 1836 and 1920. This book also covers the Irish sportsman’s close relations with politicians, his role in labor relations, his violent lifestyle—and by contrast—his participation in bringing respectability to sport. It also deals with native Irish sports in America, the part played by the Irish in “Team USA’s” initial international sporting ventures, and in the making and breaking of amateurism within sport.