About this book
Grantland Rice, was a sports journalist with several newspapers, although his Sportlights column, in the New York Tribune was what brought him fame, and through it he helped popularize golf in the US, and to help the cause of American Professional Football. This book of poetry, is a tribute to baseball, the sport he played at Vanderbilt. - Summary by cavaet
Chapters (58)
1Dedicated to the Fan
2Play Ball
3When the Bug is on the Bawl
4Casey's Revenge
5The Bug's View-Point
6The Courtship of a Son of Swat
7The Bush Leaguer's Dream
8Springtime in the History Room
9The Hold-Out League
10The Song of the Base Hit
11On the Road to Rooters' Row
12"'Til the Last Man Is Out"
13The Bushers
14The Climax of Fan Joy
15Songs of Swat -- "You Uster Bat .300"
16The Test
17The Laugh on Nero
18Curfewed
19The Fan and His Way
20Over the Plate
21Knocking Slang
22The Real Springtime
23The Raven Up-to-Date
24A Day in the Bleachers
25A Warning
26Out on the Lines
27On Memory's Wall
28The Game
29Mudville's Fate
30A Toast Worth the While
31The Champs of the Alley League
32The Man Who Played with Anson on the Old Chicago Team
33The Record
34"The Major Leaguer's Daugher; Or, The Turning of the Tide"
35Pen Snapshot of the British Fan
36On the Coaching Line
37The Goods
38The Winter League Wonder
39A Tip to the Fan Flock
40As the Game "Breaks"
41The Grand Old Winter League
42The Slide of Paul Revere
43The Annual Return
44In the Good Old Winter Time
45After the Game
46On Rooters' Row
47The Love Sonnets of a Son of Swat
48At the End of the Game
49The Mogul's Dream
50Hard-Luck Adam
51Denton (Cy) Young
52The Ump's Midwinter Dream
53A Real Job for Teddy
54The Shock
55When "Wifey" Reads Dope
56A Hard-Luck Yarn
57A Fan's Diary
58Game Called
Comments