| Baseball on the Prairie:: How Seven Small-Town Teams Shaped Texas League History Contributor(s): Rutherford, Kris (Author), Hanzelka, Scott (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1609499352 ISBN-13: 9781609499358 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| LCCN: 2014005786 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At the close of the nineteenth century, railroad expansion in Texas at once shrank the state and expanded opportunities, including that of Texas League Baseball. Previously, the major cities monopolized Texas minor-league ball, but with the rails came small-town teams without which the league may have floundered. Sherman, Denison, Paris, Corsicana, Cleburne, Greenville and Temple teams produced some of the Texas League's greatest players and provided unprecedented statewide interest. The 1902 Corsicana Oil Citys was one of the most successful teams of the time, claiming the second-best winning percentage and baseball's most lopsided victory, 51-3 over Texarkana's Casketmakers. In its only year in the league, Cleburne won the league championship and team owner Doak Roberts discovered the great Tris Speaker. Kris Rutherford pieces together the Texas League's early days and the people and towns that made this centuries-old institution possible. |