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