Full Description
This work focuses on the Norfolk team (nicknamed the Mary Janes), which played in the Virginia, Eastern and Atlantic leagues. Much attention is given to the players, coaches and teams of the Virginia League and the local news coverage from 1884 through 1928 as well as the business of baseball, the relations between major and minor league teams, and the controversy over hosting professional baseball games on Sundays. Photographs of the players, cartoons, and an appendix of league statistics are included.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Early Sports in Hampton Roads
2. Professional Baseball Comes to the City by the Sea
3. The Virginia League, 1894-1896
4. Agony in the Atlantic League, 1897-1898
5. Hampton Roads at the Turn of the Century, 1900-1901
6. The Era of the Dead Ball, 1906-1910
7. "The Tide of Victory Ebbs and Flows," 1911 -1914
8. Mary Jane at Low Tide, 1915-1918
9. Stormy Seas, 1919-1923
10. Final Voyages, 1924-1928
Epilogue
Appendix: Leagues and Standings
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
