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A BALL PLAYER'S CAREER
Being the PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND REMINISCENCES of ADRIAN C. ANSON
Late Manager and Captain of the Chicago Base Ball Club
1900
To My Father Henry Anson of Marshalltown, Iowa, to whose early training and sound advice I owe my fame
CHAPTER I. MY BIRTHPLACE AND ANCESTRY.
CHAPTER II. BOYHOOD DAYS AND MEMORIES.
CHAPTER III. SOME FACTS ABOUT THE NATIONAL GAME.
CHAPTER IV. FURTHER FACTS AND FIGURES.
CHAPTER V. THE GAME AT MARSHALLTOWN.
CHAPTER VI. MY EXPERIENCE AT ROCKFORD.
CHAPTER VII. WITH THE ATHLETICS OF PHILADELPHIA.
CHAPTER VIII. SOME MINOR DIVERSIONS.
CHAPTER IX. WE BALL PLAYERS GO ABROAD.
CHAPTER X. THE ARGONAUTS OF 1874.
CHAPTER XI. I WIN ONE PRIZE AND OTHERS FOLLOW.
CHAPTER XII. WITH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
CHAPTER XIII. FROM FOURTH PLACE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
CHAPTER XIV. THE CHAMPIONS OF THE EARLY EIGHTIES.
CHAPTER XV. WE FALL DOWN AND CLIMB AGAIN.
CHAPTER XVI. BALL-PLAYERS EACH AND EVERY ONE.
CHAPTER XVII. WHILE FORTUNE FROWNS AND SMILES.
CHAPTER XVIII. FROM CHICAGO TO DENVER.
CHAPTER XIX. FROM DENVER TO SAN FRANCISCO.
CHAPTER XX. TWO WEEKS IN CALIFORNIA.
CHAPTER XXI. WE VISIT THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
CHAPTER XXII. FROM HONOLULU TO AUSTRALIA.
CHAPTER XXIII. WITH OUR FRIENDS IN THE ANTIPODES.
CHAPTER XXIV. BASEBALL PLAYING AND SIGHTSEEING IN AUSTRALIA.
CHAPTER XXV. AFLOAT ON THE INDIAN SEA.
CHAPTER XXVI. FROM CEYLON TO EGYPT.
CHAPTER XXVII. IN THE SHADOW OF THE PYRAMIDS.
CHAPTER XXVIII. UNDER THE BLUE SKIES OF ITALY.
CHAPTER XXIX. OUR VISIT TO LA BELLE FRANCE.
CHAPTER XXX. THROUGH ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND.
CHAPTER XXXI. "HOME, SWEET HOME."
CHAPTER XXXII. THE REVOLT OF THE BROTHERHOOD.
CHAPTER XXXIII. MY LAST YEARS ON THE BALL FIELD.
CHAPTER XXXIV. IF THIS BE TREASON, MAKE THE MOST OF IT.
CHAPTER XXXV. HOW MY WINTERS WERE SPENT.
CHAPTER XXXVI. WITH THE KNIGHTS OF THE CUE.
CHAPTER XXXVII. NOT DEAD, BUT SLEEPING.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. L'ENVOI.
THE END.
AMOS RUSIE'S PITCHING.
APPENDIX. SOME NEWSPAPER COMMENTS.
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