Kansas baseball, 1858-1941 / Mark E. Eberle ; with a foreword by Dorothy Seymour Mills.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eberle, Mark E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball--Kansas--History.

Baseball.

Baseball fields--Kansas--History--20th century.

Baseball fields.

History.

Kansas.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 400 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2017]

Summary:

Mark Eberie's history is an informative and congenial guide to the years between the Civil War-era and the start of World War II, when baseball was adopted by early settlers, then taken up by soldiers sent west, and finally by teams formed to express the identity of growing towns and the diverse communities of African Americans, Native Americans, and Mexican Americans. As elsewhere in the country these teams represented businesses, churches, schools, military units, and prisons. There were men's teams and women's, some segregated by race and others integrated, some for adults and others for youngsters. This book is a living history as Eberle takes the reader to nine of the ballparks from the era where the game is still played on some of the oldest diamonds in the country. Book jacket.

Contents:

Early history of baseball in Kansas

Town teams and the early game

Hometown women's teams and barnstorming Bloomer Girls

African American baseball

American Indian baseball

Mexican and Mexican-American baseball and softball

Minor leagues and the establishment of night baseball

Major league exhibition games and tours

Game goes on, Kansas town teams evolve

Historical Baseball Parks in Kansas

Joe Campbell Memorial Stadium, Rossville (1924)

South Park Field, Kinsley (1934)

Lawrence-Dumont Stadium, Wichita (1934)

Clint Lightner Field, Garden City (1936)

Katy Stadium, Chanute (1936)

Moffet Field Stadium, Larned (1937)

Rathert Stadium, Junction City (1937)

McDonald Stadium, El Dorado (1940)

Larks Park, Hays (1940).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780700624393

0700624392

9780700624409

0700624406

OCLC:

963794886