America's National Game: Historic Facts Concerning the Beginning, Evolution, Development and Popularity of Base Ball, with Personal Reminiscences of Its Vicissitudes, Its Victories and Its VotariesThis book is Albert Spaldings work of "historic facts concerning the beginning, evolution, development and popularity of base ball, with personal reminiscences of its vicissitudes, its victories and its votaries." It is one of the defining books in the early formative years of modern baseball. |
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 3 |
Antiquity of the Game of BallArchæology Myth | 17 |
Steps in the Evolution of Base Ball from | 29 |
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