Before the Curse : The Chicago Cubs' Glory Years, 1870-1945 /

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"Before the Curse: The Chicago Cubs' Glory Years, 1870-1945 brings to life the early history of the much beloved and often heartbreaking Chicago Cubs. Originally called the Chicago White Stockings, the team immediately established itself as a powerhouse, winning the newly formed National B...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Cunningham, Carson, Roberts, Randy, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Chicago Cubs (Baseball team) > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION. The Chicago Cubs: From Early Excellence to the Golden Age to That Darn Goat
  • Part I. From Let's Plaly Ball to King Kelly
  • 1 TITLE TIME?
  • Comments of the Cincinnati Press on the Late Base-Ball Matchâ€?Chicage Times, 1870
  • 2 BASEBALL, CELEBRATED AND LAMPOONED
  • This National Gameâ€?New York Times, 1881
  • America's National Gameâ€?Outing, 1888
  • 3 MEASURING FIELDERS
  • Fall Field Sportâ€?Chicago Times, 1876
  • 4 CAP
  • Cap Anson of Marshalltown: Baseball's First Superstarâ€?David L. Porter, Palimpsest, 1980Open Letter to Ansonâ€?Chicago Daily Tribune, 1897
  • 5 THE 10,000 BEAUT!
  • When Fans Roared Slide, Kelly, Slide! at the Old Ballgameâ€?James A. Cox, Smithsonian, 1982
  • Death to Kellyâ€?Boston Daily Globe, 1894
  • Part II. From the Colts to the Dynasty
  • 6 FROM TEETOTALING TO EGYPT
  • The Lessons of the League Campaign of 1888â€?Spalding's Official Baseball Guidebook, 1889
  • The Great Baseball Trip Around the World in 1888-'89â€?Spalding's Official Baseball Guidebook, 1889
  • 7 HOT TIME AT THE HOT SPRINGSStart Play This Week: Orphans Finish Their Training at Hudson Hot Springsâ€?Chicago Daily Tribune, 189
  • 8 CHI-TOWN FANDEMONIUM
  • Nearly Everybody in Chicago is Crazy About Baseballâ€?Chicago Daily Tribune, 1906
  • Frantic Rooters Crowd the Fieldâ€?Chicago Daily Tribune, 1906
  • 9 EVERS ON THE GLORY YEARS
  • Touching Second: The Science of Baseballâ€?John J. Evers and Hugh S. Fullerton, 1910
  • 10 BARTMAN'S GOT NOTHIN' ON MERKLE
  • Story of the Merkle Gameâ€?I. E. Sanborn, Chicago Daily Tribune, 1912
  • Bluff of Giants Typicalâ€?I. E. Sanborn, Chicago Daily Tribune 1908Manager O'Day Takes from Evers Credit for Famous Merkle Playâ€?Chicago Daily Tribune, 1914
  • 11 CUBS, CHAMPIONS!
  • Cubs Supreme in Baseball Worldâ€? I.E. Sanborn, Chicago Daily Tribune, 1908
  • 12 CENTENNIAL BROWN
  • Three-Fingered Immortalâ€?Ed Burkholder, Sport, 1953
  • 13 POLITICS AT THE PARK
  • President's Day at Chicagoâ€?Spalding's Official Baseball Guide, 1910
  • Part III. From the Hangover through the Roaring Twenties
  • 14 OH MY! IT'S O'DAY!
  • Evers Deposed as Cubs Leader.
  • O'Day Gets Johâ€?Sam Weller, Chicago Daily Tribune, 191415 GROVER'S HIGHS AND LOWS
  • His Own Worst Enemyâ€?Andrea I. Paul, Nebraska History, 1990
  • 16 SHARE SQUABBLE AT THE SERIES
  • Adjustment Today, Players' Demandâ€?Melville E Webb Jr., Boston Daily Globe, 1918
  • 17 PAPA, THE GIPPER, AND THE CUBS
  • Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1918: A New Kansas City Piece by Ernest Hemingwayâ€?George Monteiro, Ame
  • Ronald Reagan: Above All, the Gipper was a Good Sportâ€?Gary Peterson, 2004
  • 18 HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, MAJESTIC LIFE

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