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A. G. Spalding and the Rise of Baseball: The Promise of American Sport
A G Spalding and the Rise of Baseball The Promise of American Sport
Author: Peter Levine
A. G. Spalding was a key figure in the professionalization and commercialization of American sports. Co-founder of baseball's National League, owner of the Chicago White Stockings (later Cubs), and founder of a sporting goods business that made him a millionaire, Spalding not only willed baseball to be our national pastime but also contributed ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195042207
ISBN-10: 0195042204
Publication Date: 9/11/1986
Pages: 199
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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