The Chalmers race : Ty Cobb, Napoleon Lajoie, and the controversial 1910 batting title that became a national obsession /
In 1910 auto magnate Hugh Chalmers offered an automobile to the baseball player with the highest batting average that season. What followed was a batting race unlike any before or since, between the greatest but most despised hitter, Detroit's Ty Cobb, and the American League's first super...
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
[2014]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Prologue; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author; Illustrations