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Author Felber, Bill.

Title A game of brawl : the Orioles, the Beaneaters, and the battle for the 1897 pennant / Bill Felber ; foreword by Edward M. Kennedy
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 295 pages) : illustrations
Contents Baseball's original evil empire -- The Royal Rooters -- Spring thunderbolts -- Parade of champions -- Suspected criminals -- Streaks of June -- Sunday misdemeanors -- The rise and fall of Louis Sockalexis -- Day jobs for garroters -- Don't they keep warm? -- Fall in Baltimore
Summary Features the 1897 pennant race between the vaunted 'dirty' Baltimore club, and the comparatively saintly Boston Beaneaters
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-295)
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Subject Baltimore Orioles (American Association : Baseball team) -- History
Boston Red Sox (Baseball team) -- History
SUBJECT Baltimore Orioles (American Association : Baseball team) fast
Boston Red Sox (Baseball team) fast
Subject Baseball -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History
Baseball -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History
Baseball -- United States -- History -- 19th century
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Baseball -- History.
Baseball
Maryland -- Baltimore
Massachusetts -- Boston
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009.
ISBN 9780803239579
0803239572
1281092169
9781281092168