Baseball In Fort Worth

Author : Mark Presswood
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738532417
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baseball in Fort Worth written by Mark Presswood and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2003, over 160,000 fans watched professional baseball in downtown Fort Worth's near north side. Baseball, which had been played in this north side area since 1911, had returned after a near 40-year absence. Fort Worth's rich tradition of professional baseball dates back to the start of the Texas League of Professional Baseball Clubs in 1888 and includes many players who continued to impact our national pastime at the major league level. Presenting over 170 photographs, programs, and maps this volume documents not only the play on the field, but the fun and excitement off the field as well. The book contains a chapter on Fort Worth's black baseball history, which dates back to the turn of the 20th century, and includes the new discovery of a forgotten ballpark dedicated to the black players and leagues of the early 1900s. Though the details are difficult to trace, this chapter showcases the pride the players demonstrated at the local level and the force they became in the national Negro leagues.

Author : Jeff Guinn
Publisher : TCU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780875652054
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When Panthers Roared written by Jeff Guinn and published by TCU Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From 1889 to 1964, the Fort Worth Panthers - unofficially nicknamed the "Cats" - represented the essence of baseball in America. The Texas League franchise was dissolved, however, when major-league baseball completed its national expansion by placing a team (now the Rangers) in nearby Arlington, Texas, and when televised events threatened the core of minor-league sport."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Edward G. Doody and Co
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Analysis of Local Attitudes Toward the Fort Worth Baseball Club written by Edward G. Doody and Co and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Clayton Forman Odom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cats are King in Texas written by Clayton Forman Odom and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Scott Cain
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439659478
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cleburne Baseball written by Scott Cain and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly after Cleburne landed the largest railroad shops west of the Mississippi, it set its sights on securing a professional baseball team. Against the odds, Cleburne became a Texas League town in 1906. After the first championship, the Railroaders loaded a train and left Cleburne. The town's professional teams would amass two championships, three pennants and several legendary major league players, including Tris Speaker, before disappearing. Despite lacking a professional club, the town continued to field teams at all levels, until the Railroaders made their triumphant return in 2017. Scott Cain shares a century of Cleburne baseball, including the cowboys who gunned down fly balls to intimidate umps, the pro team that played the Chicago White Sox and the city councilman who was a scorekeeper for the Negro Leagues in the 1950s.

Author : Harold Rich
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806147199
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fort Worth written by Harold Rich and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its beginnings as an army camp in the 1840s, Fort Worth has come to be one of Texas’s—and the nation’s—largest cities, a thriving center of culture and commerce. But along the way, the city’s future, let alone its present prosperity, was anything but certain. Fort Worth tells the story of how this landlocked outpost on the arid plains of Texas made and remade itself in its early years, setting a pattern of boom-and-bust progress that would see the city through to the twenty-first century. Harold Rich takes up the story in 1880, when Fort Worth found itself in the crosshairs of history as the cattle drives that had been such an economic boon became a thing of the past. He explores the hard-fought struggle that followed—with its many stops, failures, missteps, and successes—beginning with a single-minded commitment to attracting railroads. Rail access spurred the growth of a modern municipal infrastructure, from paved streets and streetcars to waterworks, and made Fort Worth the transportation hub of the Southwest. Although the Panic of 1893 marked another setback, the arrival of Armour and Swift in 1903 turned the city’s fortunes once again by expanding its cattle-based economy to include meatpacking. With a rich array of data, Fort Worth documents the changes wrought upon Fort Worth’s economy in succeeding years by packinghouses and military bases, the discovery of oil and the growth of a notorious vice district, Hell’s Half Acre. Throughout, Rich notes the social trends woven inextricably into this economic history and details the machinations of municipal politics and personalities that give the story of Fort Worth its unique character. The first thoroughly researched economic history of the city’s early years in more than five decades, this book will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Fort Worth, urban history and municipal development, or the history of Texas and the West.

Author : Laura Heymann
Publisher : The Countryman Press
ISBN 13 : 1581578830
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explorer's Guide Dallas & Fort Worth: A Great Destination (Explorer's Great Destinations) written by Laura Heymann and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2011-06-06 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From real cowboys to the Dallas Cowboys, sushi to steakhouses, and honky-tonks to opera houses, Dallas/Fort Worth has it all. Unlike other guides, this book covers the entire Metroplex—some 110 communities across 10 counties. There’s so much to choose from, but Heymann and Prochnow help you find the best of the best. This imaginative guide provides a mix of high-end and budget choices to fit all travelers’ needs.

Author : Richard F. Selcer
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574416162
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Fort Worth in Black & White written by Richard F. Selcer and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Fort Worth in Black & White fills a long-empty niche on the Fort Worth bookshelf: a scholarly history of the city's black community that starts at the beginning with Ripley Arnold and the early settlers, and comes down to today with our current battles over education, housing, and representation in city affairs. The book's sidebars on some noted and some not-so-noted African Americans make it appealing as a school text as well as a book for the general reader. Using a wealth of primary sources, Richard Selcer dispels several enduring myths, for instance the mistaken belief that Camp Bowie trained only white soldiers, and the spurious claim that Fort Worth managed to avoid the racial violence that plagued other American cities in the twentieth century. Selcer arrives at some surprisingly frank conclusions that will challenge current politically correct notions.

Author : Hoobies Designs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781674494876
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Best Baseball Players are from Fort Worth Journal written by Hoobies Designs and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lovely journal and diary to track your daily notes for Baseball palyer from Fort Worth, the cover of this notebook was designed for the awesome Baseball players. There is space on the pages to record your diaries, your study notes, your todo list ... this journal was designed to meet your needs, whether you want it for home, university, work. There's a wonderful gift to show your appreciation!

Author : Jaime Aron
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402255101
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Best Dallas - Fort Worth Sports Arguments written by Jaime Aron and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 great sports debates for each city—from who was the best coach to what was the best play of all time. The perfect gift for sports fans—the series that's sweeping the nation, and is already a hit in Boston, Chicago and New York. The best debates for rabid fans The Best Sports Arguments gives each city or region all the best arguments of their hometown teams, with expert answers from top sports media figures. In fact, the Best Sports Arguments series is the #1 sports debates series on the market! Why? --Each book features 100 debates, the most of any series! --Each city's book is written by authors well-known in the region, leading to fan recognition and media interest. --They make perfect gifts for sports fans of any age. --And the debates go on!