Title: Base ball in Philadelphia : a history of the early game, 1831-1900 /
Authors: Shiffert, John, 1952-
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc.,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team) History.; Baseball Pennsylvania Philadelphia History; Baseball Pennsylvania Philadelphia History
Abstract: "Starts with the first baseball club in America, the Olympic Town Ball Club, and concludes with the final year of the National League's monopoly. Also: the early Philadelphia club teams; Philadelphia's part in the National Association of Base Ball Players; and the golden days of the national champion Philadelphia Athletic Club from 1860 through the National Association years"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Part I: The Clubs and the Teams and the City -- The Olympic Days -- The Game Spreads and Philadelphia Grows -- Baseball During the Civil War-Philadelphia Joins the NABBP -- The First Name in Philadelphia Baseball-Athletic -- The Drawing of the Color Line -- The Coming of the Pros -- The National Association Years -- The Centennial City and the First Year of the National League -- The Beer and Whiskey League Comes to Philadelphia -- A Pennant for the Athletics -- The Worcester Ruby Legs and the New Philadelphia Philadelphias -- The Athletics' Riches to Rags Story -- Other Teams, Other Leagues -- War and Peace and War -- The 1890s Phillies-It Was Always Something -- Part II: A Biographical Dictionary.