Before they were the Cubs : the early years of Chicago's first professional baseball team / Jack Bales.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bales, Jack, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)--History--19th century.

Chicago Cubs (Baseball team).

Baseball--Illinois--Chicago--History--19th century.

Baseball.

History.

Illinois--Chicago.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 254 pages : illustrations, charts, photographs ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, ©2019.

Summary:

"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 colorful narratives of baseball in 19th-century America, as well as a documentary history of the Chicago team and its members before they were the Cubs"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A new team for Chicago (1868-1870)

A fiery second season (1871)

Recovery after disaster (1872-1875)

William Hulbert and the first league pennant (1875-1876)

Reversal of fortune (1877-1879)

Successes and struggles (1880-1884)

On top of the league (1885-1886)

Fading glory (1887-1890)

Dark days and grim years (1891-1902)

Return to greatness (1902-1908).

Notes:

Includes chronology (pages 6-8), bibliographical references (pages 205-246) and index (pages 247-254).

ISBN:

9781476674674

1476674671

OCLC:

1049787868