Spalding's Official Football Guide
Spalding's Official Football Guide

Author: National Collegiate Athletic Association

Publisher:

Published: 1925

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13:

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Early volumes consisted of rules with a separate publication for text. Later volumes consist of text and rules.

On the Origins of Sports
On the Origins of Sports

Author: Gary Belsky

Publisher: Artisan Books

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1579656846

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New York Times Bestseller “Fascinating.”—Men’s Health, Best Beach Reads for Sports Fans On the Origins of Sports is an illustrated book built around the original rules of 21 of the world’s most popular sports, from football and soccer to wrestling and mixed martial arts. Never before have the original rules for these sports coexisted in one volume. Brimming with history and miscellany, it is the ultimate sports book for the thinking fan. Each sport’s chapter includes a short history, the sport’s original rules, and a deeper look into an element of the sport, such as the evolution of the baseball glove; sports with war roots; a compendium of sports balls; and iconic sports trophies. Written by ESPN The Magazine’s former editor in chief, Gary Belsky, and executive editor, Neil Fine, and filled with period-style line drawings in a handsome package, On the Origins of Sports is a book that sports fans and history buffs alike will want to display on their coffee tables, showcase on their bookshelves, and treasure for generations.

Goodbye, Mr. Spalding
Goodbye, Mr. Spalding

Author: Jennifer Robin Barr

Publisher: Boyds Mills Press

Published: 2019-03-26

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1684376238

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Set in Philadelphia during the Great Depression, this middle-grade historical novel tells the story of a twelve-year-old boy and his best friend as they attempt to stop a wall from being built at Shibe Park, home of the Philadelphia Athletics, that would block the view of the baseball field from their rooftops. In 1930s Philadelphia, twelve-year-old Jimmy Frank and his best friend Lola live across the street from Shibe Park, home of the Philadelphia Athletics baseball team. Their families and others on the street make extra money by selling tickets to bleachers on their flat rooftops, which have a perfect view of the field. However, falling ticket sales at the park prompt the manager and park owner to decide to build a wall that will block the view. Jimmy and Lola come up with a variety of ways to prevent the wall from being built, knowing that not only will they miss the view, but their families will be impacted from the loss of income. As Jimmy becomes more and more desperate to save their view, his dubious plans create a rift between him and Lola, and he must work to repair their friendship.

Ambassadors in Pinstripes
Ambassadors in Pinstripes

Author: Thomas W. Zeiler

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2006-09-22

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 0742569837

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Inspired and led by sporting magnate Albert Goodwill Spalding, two teams of baseball players circled the globe for six months in 1888-1889 competing in such far away destinations as Australia, Sri Lanka and Egypt. These players, however, represented much more than mere pleasure-seekers. In this lively narrative, Zeiler explores the ways in which the Spalding World Baseball Tour drew on elements of cultural diplomacy to inject American values and power into the international arena. Through his chronicle of baseball history, games, and experiences, Zeiler explores expressions of imperial dreams through globalization's instruments of free enterprise, webs of modern communication and transport, cultural ordering of races and societies, and a strident nationalism that galvanized notions of American uniqueness. Spalding linked baseball to a U.S. presence overseas, viewing the world as a market ripe for the infusion of American ideas, products and energy. Through globalization during the Gilded Age, he and other Americans penetrated the globe and laid the foundation for an empire formally acquired just a decade after their tour.

Spalding's Official Football Guide for 1918
Spalding's Official Football Guide for 1918

Author: Walter Chauncey Camp

Publisher:

Published: 2012-03

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 9781936161423

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Reprint of Spalding's Official Football Guide for 1917 includes new rules for that year, All America teams and results for 1916 and expectations for 1917. Contributions from Walter Camp, Caspar Whitney & others. Many team photos. Publisher Marketing: Reprint of Spalding's Official Football Guide for 1917 includes new rules for that year, All America teams and results for 1916 and expectations for 1917. Contributions from Walter Camp, Caspar Whitney & others. Many team photos.