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A game of brawl : the Orioles, the Beaneaters, and the battle for the 1897 pennant / Bill Felber ; foreword by Edward M. Kennedy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Felber, Bill.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baseball--Maryland--Baltimore--History.
- Baseball.
- Baseball--Massachusetts--Boston--History.
- Baseball--United States--History--19th century.
- Baltimore Orioles (American Association : Baseball team)--History.
- Baltimore Orioles (American Association : Baseball team).
- Boston Braves (Baseball team)--History.
- Boston Braves (Baseball team).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Features the 1897 pennant race between the vaunted 'dirty' Baltimore club, and the comparatively saintly Boston Beaneaters.
- Contents:
- Baseball's original evil empire
- The Royal Rooters
- Spring thunderbolts
- Parade of champions
- Suspected criminals
- Streaks of June
- Sunday misdemeanors
- The rise and fall of Louis Sockalexis
- Day jobs for garroters
- Don't they keep warm?
- Fall in Baltimore.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-295).
- ISBN:
- 1-281-09216-9
- 9786611092160
- 0-8032-3957-2
- OCLC:
- 476102003
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