Eyes on the Sporting Scene, 1870-1930

by Pamela A. Bakker
Eyes on the Sporting Scene, 1870-1930
Author: Pamela A. Bakker
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2013-02-18
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1476601674
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Helms Hall of Fame's brothers William M. and Andrew B. "June" Rankin lived exciting lives covering sports for papers like the New York Sunday Mercury, New York Herald, New York World, Brooklyn Daily Eagle and New York Clipper from 1870 to 1930. Playing for amateur and semiprofessional Rockland County (N.Y.) clubs in the mid-1860s through early 1870s, the brothers developed into baseball writers and editors. Often working with Henry Chadwick, called the Father of Baseball, the brothers became authorities on the sport, writing histories of clubs and players, and scoring for the early New York and Brooklyn clubs. June went on to cover boxing as it transitioned into a gentlemen's sport, football as it emerged on college campuses, and golf through the formative years of the USGA and PGA. He also wrote two baseball books. Filled with sporting details, this book sets the brothers into a period of great changes in the world of American sports.

Tim Keefe

by Charlie Bevis
Tim Keefe
Author: Charlie Bevis
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2015-10-29
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0786496657
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One of the greatest pitchers of the 19th century, Tim Keefe (1857-1933) was an ardent believer in the artisan work ethic that was becoming outmoded in burgeoning industrial America. A master craftsman, he compiled 342 career victories during his 14-season Major League career while adapting to numerous changes in pitching rules during the 1880s. Known as a strategic pitcher, he outsmarted batters, particularly with his change-of-pace pitch. He led the New York Giants to the National League pennant in 1888 and 1889, establishing a Major League record with 19 consecutive pitching victories in 1888. He taught pitching as a college baseball coach, wrote several articles about his craft and established a sporting goods firm where he manufactured a baseball of his own design. He was a proponent for players' rights as the secretary of the Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players, which formed the ill-fated Players' League in 1890. This first-ever biography of Keefe covers the career of the 1964 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee.

Boom and Bust in St. Louis

by Jon David Cash
Boom and Bust in St. Louis
Author: Jon David Cash
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2020-07-27
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1476680833
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The St. Louis Cardinals, despite winning more World Series than any Major League franchise except for the New York Yankees, have seen their share of dry spells when they were shut out of the postseason. Like the American economy, the Cardinals have seen their fortunes cycle through prolonged ups and downs, with booms in 1885-1888, 1926-1946, 1964-1968, 1982-1987 and 1996-2011, and busts in 1889-1925, 1947-1963, 1969-1981 and 1988-1995. Drawing on years of research, this book chronicles the Cardinals' periods of success and failure and explains the reasons behind them.

The 104th Field Artillery Regiment of the New York National Guard, 1916-1919

by Pamela A. Bakker
The 104th Field Artillery Regiment of the New York National Guard, 1916-1919
Author: Pamela A. Bakker
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2014-06-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0786479159
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The book chronicles the extensive training and heroic service of the New York National Guard's 104th Field Artillery Regiment from the period of 1916 to 1919. The regiment, initially called the 1st Field Artillery Regiment, served as border patrol in Texas during the Mexican Punitive Expedition in 1916, and trained at the gunnery field at La Gloria, Texas. During World War I, they trained by the Glassy Mountains at Camp Wadsworth in South Carolina, and then at the School of Fire of Camp de Souge near Bordeaux, France. Because of this extensive training, elements of the 27th Division were splintered off and placed within a number of other divisions. The 52nd Field Artillery Brigade, under which the 104th Field Artillery Regiment served, was attached to the 33rd Division as their artillery, and then the 79th Division for the entire Meuse-Argonne Offensive near Verdun. Using field diaries, photos and letters, their story of courage under extreme conditions including enemy shelling and gas is recorded and their memory preserved.

The 104th Field Artillery Regiment of the New York National Guard, 1916-1919

by Pamela A. Bakker
The 104th Field Artillery Regiment of the New York National Guard, 1916-1919
Author: Pamela A. Bakker
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2014-05-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 1476615675
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The book chronicles the extensive training and heroic service of the New York National Guard's 104th Field Artillery Regiment from the period of 1916 to 1919. The regiment, initially called the 1st Field Artillery Regiment, served as border patrol in Texas during the Mexican Punitive Expedition in 1916, and trained at the gunnery field at La Gloria, Texas. During World War I, they trained by the Glassy Mountains at Camp Wadsworth in South Carolina, and then at the School of Fire of Camp de Souge near Bordeaux, France. Because of this extensive training, elements of the 27th Division were splintered off and placed within a number of other divisions. The 52nd Field Artillery Brigade, under which the 104th Field Artillery Regiment served, was attached to the 33rd Division as their artillery, and then the 79th Division for the entire Meuse-Argonne Offensive near Verdun. Using field diaries, photos and letters, their story of courage under extreme conditions including enemy shelling and gas is recorded and their memory preserved.

American Paintings from the Manoogian Collection

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American Paintings from the Manoogian Collection
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Total Pages: 220
Release: 1989
Genre: Art
ISBN:
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"This book is a beautiful presentation of the Paintings from the Manoogian Collection that was on display in 1989. All of the painting in this collection are presented in this book as well as the Artists' biographies."--Amazon.