Before the curse: the Chicago Cubs' glory years, 1870-1945 9780252078163, 9780252093364, 0252093364

Table of contents :
Cover --
Title Page --
Copyright Page --
Contents --
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
INTRODUCTION. The Chicago Cubs: From Early Excellence to the Golden Age to That Darn Goat --
Part I. From Let's Plaly Ball to King Kelly --
1 TITLE TIME? --
Comments of the Cincinnati Press on the Late Base-Ball Match�Chicage Times, 1870 --
2 BASEBALL, CELEBRATED AND LAMPOONED --
This National Game�New York Times, 1881 --
America's National Game�Outing, 1888 --
3 MEASURING FIELDERS --
Fall Field Sport�Chicago Times, 1876 --
4 CAP Cap Anson of Marshalltown: Baseball's First Superstar�David L. Porter, Palimpsest, 1980Open Letter to Anson�Chicago Daily Tribune, 1897 --
5 THE 10,000 BEAUT! --
When Fans Roared Slide, Kelly, Slide! at the Old Ballgame�James A. Cox, Smithsonian, 1982 --
Death to Kelly�Boston Daily Globe, 1894 --
Part II. From the Colts to the Dynasty --
6 FROM TEETOTALING TO EGYPT --
The Lessons of the League Campaign of 1888�Spalding's Official Baseball Guidebook, 1889 --
The Great Baseball Trip Around the World in 1888-'89�Spalding's Official Baseball Guidebook, 1889 7 HOT TIME AT THE HOT SPRINGSStart Play This Week: Orphans Finish Their Training at Hudson Hot Springs�Chicago Daily Tribune, 189 --
8 CHI-TOWN FANDEMONIUM --
Nearly Everybody in Chicago is Crazy About Baseball�Chicago Daily Tribune, 1906 --
Frantic Rooters Crowd the Field�Chicago Daily Tribune, 1906 --
9 EVERS ON THE GLORY YEARS --
Touching Second: The Science of Baseball�John J. Evers and Hugh S. Fullerton, 1910 --
10 BARTMAN'S GOT NOTHIN' ON MERKLE --
Story of the Merkle Game�I. E. Sanborn, Chicago Daily Tribune, 1912 Bluff of Giants Typical�I. E. Sanborn, Chicago Daily Tribune 1908Manager O'Day Takes from Evers Credit for Famous Merkle Play�Chicago Daily Tribune, 1914 --
11 CUBS, CHAMPIONS! --
Cubs Supreme in Baseball World� I.E. Sanborn, Chicago Daily Tribune, 1908 --
12 CENTENNIAL BROWN --
Three-Fingered Immortal�Ed Burkholder, Sport, 1953 --
13 POLITICS AT THE PARK --
President's Day at Chicago�Spalding's Official Baseball Guide, 1910 --
Part III. From the Hangover through the Roaring Twenties --
14 OH MY! IT'S O'DAY! --
Evers Deposed as Cubs Leader. O'Day Gets Joh�Sam Weller, Chicago Daily Tribune, 191415 GROVER'S HIGHS AND LOWS --
His Own Worst Enemy�Andrea I. Paul, Nebraska History, 1990 --
16 SHARE SQUABBLE AT THE SERIES --
Adjustment Today, Players' Demand�Melville E Webb Jr., Boston Daily Globe, 1918 --
17 PAPA, THE GIPPER, AND THE CUBS --
Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1918: A New Kansas City Piece by Ernest Hemingway�George Monteiro, Ame --
Ronald Reagan: Above All, the Gipper was a Good Sport�Gary Peterson, 2004 --
18 HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, MAJESTIC LIFE

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