Baseball in Evansville: Booms, Busts and One Global Disaster - Hardcover

by Kevin Wirthwein (Author)

Baseball exploded in Evansville after the Civil War. Early clubs like the Resolutes, Blues, Brewers, Hoosiers and Blackbirds played, built ballparks, struggled financially and suffered scandals until the early 1900s. A near tragic event fueled the 1915 co