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Western League
A Baseball History, 1885 through 1999
Av W.C. Madden, Patrick J. Stewart
Häftad, 2002
502 kr
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One of the first minor leagues in history, the Western League (previously the Northwestern League) was founded by Ban Johnson in 1885 and was the predecessor of today's American League. The Western League endured a season to season existence until Johnson created the American League and the Western …
Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
A Biographical Dictionary
Av W.C. Madden
Häftad, 2005
625 kr
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For a dozen years in the 1940s and 1950s, more than 700 women played professional baseball in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Though some saw their brand of ball as a sideshow or wartime diversion, the women were all tough competitors and superb athletes. They set records that …
Haynes-Apperson and America's First Practical Automobile
A History
Av W.C. Madden
Häftad, 2006
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
502 kr
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While Elwood Haynes and the Apperson brothers are not as well known as Henry Ford, Ransom Olds and other famous automobile manufacturers, their contributions to the automotive industry are just as significant. They were responsible for one of the first functioning automobiles, if not the first, in …
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book
Comprehensive Hitting, Fielding and Pitching Statistics
Av W.C. Madden
Häftad, 2008
638 kr
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For a dozen years during the 1940s and 1950s more than 600 women played professional baseball in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Some of these women compiled some eye-popping statistics unequaled by their male counterparts: Sophie Kurys swiped 200 bases in one season; Joanne …
College World Series
A Baseball History, 1947-2003
Av W.C. Madden, Patrick J. Stewart
Häftad, 2011
517 kr
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In 1947, the University of California and Yale University baseball teams took the field in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to play the first-1ever NCAA Division I College World Series. It was a two-day, three-game series with an attendance of fewer than 4,000. Today, it is a weeklong series held in Omaha, …
Rotary Jail
Escape-Proof Cells on a Carousel, 1882-1966
Av W.C. Madden
Häftad, 2017
374 kr
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The rotary jail was a very unusual architectural design. In response to a need for better control over prisoners, 18 of the revolving, escape-proof structures were erected in the United States from 1882 through 1889.There were problems. There were mechanical difficulties due to the extreme weight …
