Before They Were the Cubs
The Early Years of Chicago's First Professional Baseball Team
Seiten
2019
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
9781476674674 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
9781476674674 (ISBN)
Using newspaper articles, books and archival records, this book chronicles the Chicago Cub's early planning stages from 1868 to 1902. Reprinted selections from firsthand accounts provide a colourful narrative of baseball in America as well as a documentary history of the Chicago team and its members before they were the Cubs.
Founded in 1869, the Chicago Cubs are a charter member of the National League and the last remaining of the eight original league clubs still playing in the city in which the franchise started. Drawing on newspaper articles, books and archival records, the author chronicles the team's early years. He describes the club's planning stages of 1868; covers the decades when the ballplayers were variously called White Stockings, Colts, and Orphans; and relates how a sportswriter first referred to the young players as Cubs in the March 27, 1902, issue of the Chicago Daily News.
Reprinted selections from firsthand accounts provide a colorful narrative of baseball in 19th-century America, as well as a documentary history of the Chicago team and its members before they were the Cubs.
Founded in 1869, the Chicago Cubs are a charter member of the National League and the last remaining of the eight original league clubs still playing in the city in which the franchise started. Drawing on newspaper articles, books and archival records, the author chronicles the team's early years. He describes the club's planning stages of 1868; covers the decades when the ballplayers were variously called White Stockings, Colts, and Orphans; and relates how a sportswriter first referred to the young players as Cubs in the March 27, 1902, issue of the Chicago Daily News.
Reprinted selections from firsthand accounts provide a colorful narrative of baseball in 19th-century America, as well as a documentary history of the Chicago team and its members before they were the Cubs.
Jack Bales is the Reference and Humanities Librarian at the University of Mary Washington Library in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The author of numerous books and articles, he lives in Fredericksburg.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chronology
Prologue
1. A New Team for Chicago (1868–1870)
2. A Fiery Second Season (1871)
3. Recovery After Disaster (1872–1875)
4. William Hulbert and the First League Pennant (1875–1876)
5. Reversal of Fortune (1877–1879)
6. Successes and Struggles (1880–1884)
7. On Top of the League (1885–1886)
8. Fading Glory (1887–1890)
9. Dark Days and Grim Years (1891–1902)
Postscript: Return to Greatness (1902–1908)
Appendix: Year-End Standings of the Chicago Team, 1871–1908
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.03.2019 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 30 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 476 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport |
| ISBN-13 | 9781476674674 / 9781476674674 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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