A Legend for the Legendary: The Origin of the Baseball Hall of Fame Contributor(s): Vlasich, James A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0879724943 ISBN-13: 9780879724948 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1990 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History |
Dewey: 796.357 |
LCCN: 90-081497 |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (0.91 lbs) 278 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The origins of baseball are controversial. James A. Vlasich discusses the debates between two men intimately involved in nineteenth-century baseball, Henry Chadwick and Albert G. Spalding. Abner Graves of the Mills Commission claimed that Abner Doubleday had invented the game and he had done it in Cooperstown, New York. This claim was scrutinized at the time but the myth became etched into baseball history. |