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Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, 1897. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Near-fine in original printed and stapled off-white wrappers; 138pp. Faint crease to bottom corner of first 50 pages or so, otherwise bright and clean. This rare book illuminates the early years of baseball in the American Midwest. Ostewig was born in Lee, Illinois, and was the pitcher and Manager of the Lee Liners, a team organized in August 1895. His book describes the exciting games played by and against the Liners (with statistics and notes) along with biographies and photo illustrations of each of his teammates.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LEE BASE BALL TEAMS FOR THE PAST TWO OR THREE YEARS. COMPILED BY KINNIE A. OSTEWIG by Ostewig, Kinnie A - 1897
by Ostewig, Kinnie A
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LEE BASE BALL TEAMS FOR THE PAST TWO OR THREE YEARS. COMPILED BY KINNIE A. OSTEWIG
by Ostewig, Kinnie A
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Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, 1897. Original staples and printed wrappers [mild wear, a couple of spots]. 138pp. Portrait frontis of the author, other full-page portraits of his fellow ballplayers throughout the book. Near Fine.
This rare book illuminates the early years of baseball in the American midwest. Ostewig was born in Lee, Illinois, "eighteen years ago," graduated "with high honors" from the High School of Shabbona Illinois in June 1895, at the age of sixteen, and remained in the Lee area for the rest of his life. He would become active in local politics, a member of the Lee City Council; in 1912, he would lose the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois by a substantial margin.
Writing here, he is the pitcher and Manager of the Lee Liners, which was organized in August 1895. His book describes the exciting games played by and against the Liners, and a biography, with photo illustrations, of each of his teammates.
OCLC 14076788 [2- Chicago History Museum, Rockford Pub. Lib.], 61772259 [2- Baseball Hall of Fame, Clements] as of November 2020.
This rare book illuminates the early years of baseball in the American midwest. Ostewig was born in Lee, Illinois, "eighteen years ago," graduated "with high honors" from the High School of Shabbona Illinois in June 1895, at the age of sixteen, and remained in the Lee area for the rest of his life. He would become active in local politics, a member of the Lee City Council; in 1912, he would lose the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois by a substantial margin.
Writing here, he is the pitcher and Manager of the Lee Liners, which was organized in August 1895. His book describes the exciting games played by and against the Liners, and a biography, with photo illustrations, of each of his teammates.
OCLC 14076788 [2- Chicago History Museum, Rockford Pub. Lib.], 61772259 [2- Baseball Hall of Fame, Clements] as of November 2020.
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A Brief History of Lee Base Ball (Baseball) Teams for the Past Two or Three Years
by Ostewig, Kinnie A. (Compiler)
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A Brief History of Lee Base Ball Teams for the Past Two or three Years
by OSTEWIG, Kinnie A. (comp.)
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(Chicago, IL: W.B. Conkey), 1897. First edition (?). Narrow 16mo. 52 pp. Includes 1933 schedules for five local York County baseball leagues, the New York-Penn League, and the National, American, and International Leagues; also includes 1932-season player records for the New York-Penn League and other baseball information. Unrecorded on OCLC. Original decorated red wrappers (rubbed, a little soiled), stapled. Very good.
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