"The greatest game ever played in Dixie"
Subtitle: the Nashville Vols, their 1908 season, and the championship game
By: John A. Simpson.
Publisher: McFArland; McFarland
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780786430505
Subjects: Nashville Vols (Baseball team) -- History
Description: "Personalities of the ballplayers, traits exhibited on the diamond a century ago, larger sociological concerns; organizational development of the game with its evolution of rule changes is reviewed to provide necessary background. Rags-to-riches-to-rags story of this Southern Association team in the Deadball Era includes characters such as Grantland Rice, Bill Bernhard, Jack Daubert"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nashville and the national pastime in the deadball era; title: Going from bad to; title: ?; title: Play ball; title: More of the same; title: Month of crises; title: In search of stability; title: Dog days of summer; title: Pennant fever; title: The greatest game ever played in Dixie; title: Historic legacy of the 1908 Nashville Vols; title: Life after baseball.