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Adrian Constantine Anson. A Ball Player's Career
A Ball Player's Career
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CHAPTER I. MY BIRTHPLACE AND ANCESTRY
CHAPTER II. BOYHOOD DAYS AND MEMORIES
CHAPTER III. SOME FACTS ABOUT THE NATIONAL GAME
CHAPTER IV. FURTHER FACTS AND FIGURES
CHAPTER V. THE GAME AT MARSHALLTOWN
CHAPTER VI. MY EXPERIENCE AT ROCKFORD
CHAPTER VII. WITH THE ATHLETICS OF PHILADELPHIA
CHAPTER VIII. SOME MINOR DIVERSIONS
CHAPTER IX. WE BALL PLAYERS GO ABROAD
CHAPTER X. THE ARGONAUTS OF 1874
CHAPTER XI. I WIN ONE PRIZE AND OTHERS FOLLOW
CHAPTER XII. WITH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE
CHAPTER XIII. FROM FOURTH PLACE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP
CHAPTER XIV. THE CHAMPIONS OF THE EARLY EIGHTIES
CHAPTER XV. WE FALL DOWN AND CLIMB AGAIN
CHAPTER XVI. BALL-PLAYERS EACH AND EVERY ONE
CHAPTER XVII. WHILE FORTUNE FROWNS AND SMILES
CHAPTER XVIII. FROM CHICAGO TO DENVER
CHAPTER XIX. FROM DENVER TO SAN FRANCISCO
CHAPTER XX. TWO WEEKS IN CALIFORNIA
CHAPTER XXI. WE VISIT THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
CHAPTER XXII. FROM HONOLULU TO AUSTRALIA
CHAPTER XXIII. WITH OUR FRIENDS IN THE ANTIPODES
CHAPTER XXIV. BASEBALL PLAYING AND SIGHTSEEING IN AUSTRALIA
CHAPTER XXV. AFLOAT ON THE INDIAN SEA
CHAPTER XXVI. FROM CEYLON TO EGYPT
CHAPTER XXVII. IN THE SHADOW OF THE PYRAMIDS
CHAPTER XXVIII. UNDER THE BLUE SKIES OF ITALY
CHAPTER XXIX. OUR VISIT TO LA BELLE FRANCE
CHAPTER XXX. THROUGH ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
CHAPTER XXXI. "HOME, SWEET HOME."
CHAPTER XXXII. THE REVOLT OF THE BROTHERHOOD
CHAPTER XXXIII. MY LAST YEARS ON THE BALL FIELD
CHAPTER XXXIV. IF THIS BE TREASON, MAKE THE MOST OF IT
CHAPTER XXXV. HOW MY WINTERS WERE SPENT
CHAPTER XXXVI. WITH THE KNIGHTS OF THE CUE
CHAPTER XXXVII. NOT DEAD, BUT SLEEPING
CHAPTER XXXVIII. L'ENVOI
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Adrian Constantine Anson
Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson
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In New England a game of base-ball known by the distinctive title of "The New England game" was in vogue about fifty years ago. It was played with a small, light ball, which was thrown over-hand to the bat, and was different from the "New York game" as practiced by the Knickerbockers, Gotham, Eagle, and Empire Clubs of that city. The first regularly organized club in Massachusetts playing the present style of base-ball was the Olympic Club of Boston, which was established in 1854, and in the following year participated in the first match game played in that locality, its opponents being the Elm Tree team. The first match games in Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington were played in 1860. For several years the Knickerbocker Club was alone in the field, but after a while similar clubs began to organize, while in 1857 an association was formed which the following year developed into the National Association.
The series of rules prepared by a committee of the principal clubs of New York City governed all games prior to 1857, but on January 22d, 1857, a convention of clubs was held at which a new code of rules was enacted. On March 10th, 1858, delegates from twenty-five clubs of New York and Brooklyn met and organized the National Association of Base-ball Players, which for thirteen successive seasons annually revised the playing rules, and decided all disputes arising in base-ball.
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