Author: John Shiffert
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Category: Book

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Sales Rank: 1288193

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 298
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 6.9 x 0.7

ISBN: 0786427957
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3570974811
EAN: 9780786427956
ASIN: 0786427957

Publication Date: October 10, 2006
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Product Description
This work starts with the formation of the first baseball club in America, the Olympic Town Ball Club, and concludes with the final year of the National Leagues monopoly. Also included: the early Philadelphia club teams, including the first great African-American team, the Pythians; Philadelphias 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.

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