Base-Ball: How to Become a Player by J. M. Ward

About this eBook

Author

Ward, John Montgomery, 1860-1925

Title

Base-ball : How to become a player, with the origin, history and explanation of the game

Credits

Produced by Jerry Kuntz as part of the Lawson's Progress project, www.lawsonsprogress.com

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Baseball

Category

Text

eBook-No.

19975

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19975

Release Date

November 30, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Base-Ball: How to Become a Player — With the Origin, History and Explanation of the Game — By John Montgomery Ward of the New York Base-Ball Club — 1888 — PREFACE. — JOHN M. WARD. — INTRODUCTION. AN INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN OF BASE-BALL, WITH A BRIEF SKETCH OF ITS HISTORY. — CHAPTER I. THEORY OP THE GAME. A CHAPTER FOR THE LADIES. — CHAPTER II. TRAINING. — CHAPTER III. THE PITCHER. — CHAPTER IV. THE CATCHER. — CHAPTER V. THE FIRST BASEMAN. — CHAPTER VI. THE SECOND BASEMAN. — CHAPTER VII. THE THIRD BASEMAN. — CHAPTER VIII. THE SHORT-STOP. — CHAPTER IX. THE LEFT-FIELDER. — CHAPTER X. THE CENTRE FIELDER. — CHAPTER XI. THE RIGHT FIELDER. — CHAPTER XII. THE BATTER. — CHAPTER XIII. THE BASE-RUNNER. — CHAPTER XIV. CURVE PITCHING.

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