A Ball Player's Career

About this eBook

Author

Anson, Adrian C. (Adrian Constantine), 1852-1922

Title

A Ball Player's Career Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson

Credits

E-text prepared by Jerry Kuntz as part of the Lawson's Progress Project,

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Baseball

Category

Text

eBook-No.

19652

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19652

Release Date

October 28, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A BALL PLAYER'S CAREER — Being the PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND REMINISCENCES of ADRIAN C. ANSON — Late Manager and Captain of the Chicago Base Ball Club — 1900 — To My Father Henry Anson of Marshalltown, Iowa, to whose early training and sound advice I owe my fame — 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. — THE END. — AMOS RUSIE'S PITCHING. — APPENDIX. SOME NEWSPAPER COMMENTS.

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