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- Before the Curse: The Chicago Cubs' Glory Years, 1870-1945
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- 2012
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
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Before the Curse: The Chicago Cubs' Glory Years, 1870–1945 brings to life the early history of the much beloved and often heartbreaking Chicago Cubs. Originally called the Chicago White Stockings, the team immediately established itself as a powerhouse, winning the newly formed National Base Ball League's inaugural pennant in 1876, repeating the feat in 1880 and 1881, and commanding the league in the decades to come. The legendary days of the Cubs are recaptured here in more than two dozen vintage newspaper accounts and historical essays on the teams and the fans who loved them. The great games, pennant races, and series are all here, including the 1906 World Series between the Cubs and Chicago White Sox. Of course, Before the Curse remembers the hall-of-fame players--Grover Cleveland Alexander, Gabby Hartnett, Roger Hornsby, Dizzy Dean--who delighted Cubs fans with their play on the field and their antics elsewhere.
Through stimulating introductions to each article, Randy Roberts and Carson Cunningham demonstrate how changes in ownership affected the success of the team, who the teams' major players were both on and off the field, and how regular fans, owners, players, journalists, and Chicagoans of the past talked and wrote about baseball.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page
- p. 4
- Copyright Page
- pp. 5-7
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- pp. xi-13
- 1. Title Time?
- pp. 13-16
- 3. Measuring Fielders
- pp. 29-34
- 5. The $10,000 Beaut!
- pp. 49-64
- 6 FROM TEETOTALING TO EGYPT
- pp. 67-74
- 7 HOT TIME AT THE HOT SPRINGS
- pp. 75-80
- 8 CHI-TOWN FANDEMONIUM
- pp. 81-98
- 9 EVERS ON THE GLORY YEARS
- pp. 99-108
- 10 BARTMAN'S GOT NOTHIN' ON MERKLE
- pp. 109-120
- 11 CUBS, CHAMPIONS!
- pp. 121-126
- 12 CENTENNIAL BROWN
- pp. 127-138
- 13 POLITICS AT THE PARK
- pp. 139-144
- 14 OH MY! IT'S O'DAY!
- pp. 147-156
- 15 GROVER'S HIGHS AND LOWS
- pp. 157-168
- 16 SHARE SQUABBLE AT THE SERIES
- pp. 169-174
- 17 PAPA, THE GIPPER, AND THE CUBS
- pp. 175-180
- 18 HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, MAJESTIC LIFE
- pp. 181-186
- 19 BASEBALL MAN
- pp. 187-198
- 20 HAYMAKER HACK
- pp. 199-204
- 21 RAJAH IN CHARGE
- pp. 207-212
- 22 DID HE CALL IT?
- pp. 213-216
- 24 SANDBERG BEFORE SANDBERG?
- pp. 223-228
- 25 SPEAKIN' OF HARTNETT
- pp. 229-246
- 26 SWOONIN'
- pp. 247-258
- 27 MAYBE NEXT YEAR?
- pp. 259-262
- back cover
- p. 298
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252093364
Related ISBN(s)
9780252078163
MARC Record
OCLC
868216404
Pages
296
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2012