Short Works on Sports Collection 01
автор: Various
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A miscellany of poetry and short works of fact and fiction on the topic of sports from North America, Great Britain and Australasia. The collection includes pieces on baseball, cricket, lacrosse, cycling, athletics, fishing, polo, fencing, marbles and three kinds of football, by authors including Arnold Bennett, Zane Grey, Banjo Paterson, and P. G. Wodehouse. (Summary by Phil Benson)
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1Casey at the Bat
2How I keep Fit, by the Champions of Leading Sports from the Strand Magazine 1891
3A Friendly Game of Football
4A Modern Game of Rugby Football
5Far Inland Football
6Sailfish - The Atlantic Brother to the Pacific Swordfish
7'Disarming' from The Art of Defence on Foot, with the Broad Sword and Sabre
8Teams That Have Won the Association Cup
9How M'Dougal Topped the Score
10"Marbles" from Healthful Sports for Boys
11At the Nets, from Mike
12The Matador of the Five Towns, Chapter 3
13About Cricket, from Danger! And Other Stories
14Nudity of Victor Statues, from Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art
15The Marathon from The Olympic Games at Athens, 1906
16The Geebung Polo Club
17Cycling, from the Sportswoman's Library Vol 2
18Cricket on the Hearth
19The Original Game, from Lacrosse, the National Game of Canada
20Casey's Revenge
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