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Kansas baseball, 1858-1941
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The story of Kansas baseball includes the full range of topics that dominated the sport's early history--segregation, Sunday sports, night games, and more--from the ""Bloody Kansas"" era prior to t...
The story of Kansas baseball includes the full range of topics that dominated the sport's early history--segregation, Sunday sports, night games, and more--from the ""Bloody Kansas"" era prior to the Civil War to the eve of World War II.
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- Creator
- Mark E. Eberle ; with a foreword by Dorothy Seymour Mills
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2017]
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
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- ISBNs
- 9780700624416, 0700624414, 9780700624393, 9780700624409, 0700624392, 0700624406, 9780700624393, 0700624392
- OCLC
- ocn982490870
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Early history of baseball in Kansas -- Town teams and the early game -- Hometown women's teams and barnstorming Bloomer Girls -- African American baseball -- American Indian baseball -- Mexican and Mexican-American baseball and softball -- Minor leagues and the establishment of night baseball -- Major league exhibition games and tours -- Game goes on, Kansas town teams evolve -- Historical Baseball Parks in Kansas -- Joe Campbell Memorial Stadium, Rossville (1924) -- South Park Field, Kinsley (1934) -- Lawrence-Dumont Stadium, Wichita (1934) -- Clint Lightner Field, Garden City (1936) -- Katy Stadium, Chanute (1936) -- Moffet Field Stadium, Larned (1937) -- Rathert Stadium, Junction City (1937) -- McDonald Stadium, El Dorado (1940) -- Larks Park, Hays (1940)