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The early all-stars : conversations with standout baseball players of the 1930s and 1940s

Title
The early all-stars : conversations with standout baseball players of the 1930s and 1940s / by Brent Kelley.
Author
Kelley, Brent P.
Publication
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©1997.

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Description
vii, 199 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
In the midst of the Great Depression, attendance was slipping at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair (then known as the Century of Progress Exposition). The Fair's sports chairman, Chicago Tribune sports editor Arch Ward, had a solution - stage a one-time only baseball game at Comiskey Park, pitting the very best players in the American League against the very best the National League had to offer. He called it the All-Star Game, but little did he know that it would become the sport's cherished midsummer classic. In Brent Kelley's The Early All-Stars, 17 all-stars from the 1930s and 1940s reflect on their careers and how the game was played then. Many also discuss the state of the game today and how modern players stack up against their contemporaries.
Subject
  • All-Star Baseball Game > History
  • All-Star Baseball Game
  • Baseball players > United States > Interviews
  • Baseball players
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Interview
  • interviews.
  • History.
  • Interviews.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 191) and index.
Contents
Introduction: A Brief History of the All-Star Selection Process -- Ace Adams: His Name Says It All -- Sam Chapman: Football Hero -- Harlond Clift: Darkie -- Elbie Fletcher: Gold Glove -- Mel Harder: Art Teacher -- Sid Hudson: Second Division -- Willard Marshall: Old Country Boy -- Joe Moore: Team Player -- Pat Mullin: Four Years to the War -- Andy Pafko: Handy Andy -- Mel Parnell: The Fenway Southpaw -- Bill Rigney: Full Circle -- Connie Ryan: A Brave in Three Cities -- Dick Sisler: The Whiz Kids' Biggest Hit -- Bill Voiselle: No. 96 -- Burgess Whitehead: Gashouse Gang -- Al Zarilla: Fournier's Find.
ISBN
  • 0786402040
  • 9780786402045
LCCN
96040921
OCLC
  • ocm35784309
  • 35784309
  • SCSB-349650
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library