Sports in California.
Kurutz, Gary F.
Book Club of California.
San Francisco : Book Club of California,
1986, c1987.
"This is ... a series of twelve keepsakes prepared for the members of The Book Club of California during 1986 ... edited by Gary F. Kurutz"-- Colophon.
Includes bibliographies.
1 Introduction -- 2. The birth of ski racing in the California gold rush -- 3. Early California baseball -- 4. Boxing -- 5. Football -- 6. Tug-of-war contest, 1894, San Francisco -- 7. Ben Hur revisited -- 8. -- The ethereal sport of ballooning -- 9. The jumping frog contest -- 10. Bull versus bear -- 11. Polo in southern California -- 12. Wild cheers broke loose.
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