The Easter Monday Baseball Game

North Carolina State and Wake Forest on the Diamond, 1899-1956

Tim Peeler (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

236 Seiten

2013
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7452-3 (ISBN)

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The fifty-eight year Easter Monday baseball rivalry between North Carolina State University and Wake Forest University had a the traditional fraternity celebration known as the PIKA Ball, held on the NC State campus, that followed it on Monday evening. Told from the view point of sports journalists, players, fans, and PIKA members, the narrative reveals the excitement and developing strategies as the contest traverses several baseball eras. At the height of its popularity, the game drew astonishingly large crowds of spectators, many of whom were absentee government workers, providing the impetus for the North Carolina State Legislature to declare Easter Monday to be a state holiday.

Tim Peeler is a lecturer in English, journal editor, essayist and poet. He is a winner of the Jim Harrison Award for his contributions to baseball poetry and lives in Hickory, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Early Games

Living in the Dead Ball

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The Roaring Twenties

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Depression and

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End Games

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Appendix A: Major League Statistics—

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Appendix B: Major League Statistics—

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Bibliography

Index

Zusatzinfo	30 photographs
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	456 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7864-7452-1 / 0786474521
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-7452-3 / 9780786474523
Zustand	Neuware