This book, Indiana Sporting Life – Selections from Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History, is a compilation of articles taken from magazine Traces. Traces magazine focuses on the State of Indiana from a historical perspective.
Included are the following articles:
Everett Case Conquers Dixie – Hoosier Basketball in North Carolina
The King of Speed – Erwin G. “Cannon Ball” Baker
A Lure for All Seasons – The Creek Chub Bait Company of Garrett, Indiana
Requiem for a Ballplayer – Indiana’s Chick Stahl
The Club with a Reputation – A History of the Dekalb County Boxing Club
The Shot – Crispus Attucks Tigers vs Anderson Indians
A Major League Friendship – Carl Erskine Remembers Jackie Robinson
An American Sports Icon – Indiana’s Dan Patch
Gil Hodges – the Hoosier Hero of Brooklyn
This softcover book is in very good condition. There is a small fold at the upper right corner of the back cover
This book contains 106 pages, including comments by the editor, several illustrations in color and black-and-white, and a list for further reading.
Title: Indiana Sporting Life – Selections from Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History
Editor: Ray E. Boomhower
Publisher: Indiana Historical Society Press
Place: Indianapolis, IN
Date of Publication: 2005
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 087195186X
Number of Pages: 106
Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches
Language: English
Condition: Very Good
