The Battle that Forged Modern Baseball
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The Battle that Forged Modern Baseball

The Federal League Challenge and Its Legacy

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eBook - ePub

The Battle that Forged Modern Baseball

The Federal League Challenge and Its Legacy

About this book

In late 1913 the newly formed Federal League declared itself a major league in competition with the established National and American Leagues. Backed by some of America's wealthiest merchants and industrialists, the new organization posed a real challenge to baseball's prevailing structure. For the next two years the well-established leagues fought back furiously in the press, in the courts, and on the field. The story of this fascinating and complex historical battle centers on the machinations of both the owners and the players, as the Federals struggled for profits and status, and players organized baseball's first real union. Award winning author, Daniel R. Levitt gives us the most authoritative account yet published of the short-lived Federal League, the last professional baseball league to challenge the National League and American League monopoly.

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Information

Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9781566639057
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Dramatis Personae
  3. Prologue: The Opening Salvo—December 1913
  4. Chapter 1: America Meets Sports Leagues
  5. Chapter 2: Rumblings
  6. Chapter 3: Going Major
  7. Chapter 4: A Real Players Union
  8. Chapter 5: The Battle for Chicago
  9. Chapter 6: Organized Baseball Responds
  10. Chapter 7: The Season Opens: On the Field and in the Courts
  11. Chapter 8: The Struggle Continues
  12. Chapter 9: A Possible Settlement
  13. Chapter 10: Player Reinforcements
  14. Chapter 11: Anti-trust Attack
  15. Chapter 12: Owner Reinforcements
  16. Chapter 13: A Long Summer
  17. Chapter 14: The Final Countdown
  18. Chapter 15: Aftermath
  19. Notes
  20. Bibliography