Eyes on the Sporting Scene, 1870-1930: Will and June Rankin, New York's Sportswriting Brothers

by Pamela A. Bakker

Overview

Helms Hall of Fame's brothers William M. and Andrew B. "June" Rankin lived exciting lives covering sports for papers like the New York Sunday Mercury, New York Herald, New York World, Brooklyn Daily Eagle and New York Clipper from 1870 to 1930. Playing for amateur and semiprofessional Rockland County (N.Y.) clubs in the mid-1860s through early 1870s, the brothers developed into baseball writers and editors.

Often working with Henry Chadwick, called the Father of Baseball, the brothers became authorities on the sport, writing histories of clubs and players, and scoring for the early New York and Brooklyn clubs.

June went on to cover boxing as it transitioned into a gentlemen's sport, football as it emerged on college campuses, and golf through the formative years of the USGA and PGA. He also wrote two baseball books. Filled with sporting details, this book sets the brothers into a period of great changes in the world of American sports.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476601670
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	02/18/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	228
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Pamela A. Bakker has a music degree from Rider University’s Westminster Choir College and an M.A. and M.Div. from New Brunswick Theological Seminary. She has worked for various churches for more than 30 years and has published numerous articles and poems.
Pamela A. Bakker has a music degree from Rider University's Westminster Choir College and an M.A. and M.Div. from New Brunswick Theological Seminary. She has worked for various churches for more than 30 years and has published numerous articles and poems.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments  viii
Preface  1
One. Family Origins (1715–1859)  5
Two. The Horror of the Civil War (1849–1865)  13
Three. New York, New York (1865–1870)  26
Four. Follow the Ball (1870­–1879)  38
Five. Rising to the Top (1880–1884)  58
Six. Celebrities in Baseball (1885–1889)  78
Seven. A Decade of Change (1890–1899)  106
Eight. Origins of Baseball (1885–1906)  122
Nine. A Century Turns (1900–1910)  139
Ten. Working to Death (1910–1913)  161
Eleven. June Writes Alone (1913–1930)  167
Appendix  179
Notes  185
Bibliography  201
Index  209

Editorial Reviews

well documented book”—Nineteenth Century Notes.

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