The Easter Monday Baseball Game: North Carolina State and Wake Forest on the Diamond, 1899-1956

by Tim Peeler

Overview

The fifty-eight year Easter Monday baseball rivalry between North Carolina State University and Wake Forest University had a traditional fraternity celebration known as the PIKA Ball, held on the N.C. State campus, that followed it on Monday evening. Told from the viewpoint of sports journalists, players, fans, and PIKA members, the narrative reveals the excitement and developing strategies as the contest traverses several baseball eras. At the height of its popularity, the game drew astonishingly large crowds of spectators, many of whom were absentee government workers, providing the impetus for the North Carolina State Legislature to declare Easter Monday to be a state holiday.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476603797
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	04/06/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	236
File size:	10 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Tim Peeler is a lecturer in English, journal editor, essayist and poet. He is a winner of the Jim Harrison Award for his contributions to baseball poetry and lives in Hickory, North Carolina.
Tim Peeler is a lecturer in English, journal editor, essayist and poet. He is a winner of the Jim Harrison Award for his contributions to baseball poetry and lives in Hickory, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Early Games
Living in the Dead Ball
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The Roaring Twenties
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Depression and
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End Games
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Appendix A: Major League Statistics—
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Appendix B: Major League Statistics—
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Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

well-researched work...valuable”—North Carolina Library Association; “nostalgically chronicles the long-running annual competition between North Carolina State University and Wake Forest University”—Reference & Research Book News.

From the Publisher

"nostalgically chronicles the long-running annual competition between North Carolina State University and Wake Forest University"

Reference & Research Book News

well-researched work...valuable

North Carolina Library Association