E-text prepared by Jerry Kuntz
as part of the Lawson's Progress Project,
http://www.lawsonsprogress.com
A BALL PLAYER'S CAREER
Being the PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND REMINISCENCES
of ADRIAN C. ANSON
Late Manager and Captain of the Chicago Base Ball Club
1900
To My Father Henry Anson of Marshalltown, Iowa,
to whose early training and sound advice I owe my fame
CONTENTS
CHAP. I.—MY BIRTHPLACE AND ANCESTRY.
III.—SOME FACTS ABOUT THE NATIONAL GAME
VII.-WITH THE ATHLETICS OF PHILADELPHIA
XI.—I WIN ONE PRIZE AND OTHERS FOLLOW
XIII.—FROM FOURTH PLACE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP
XIV.—THE CHAMPIONS OF THE EARLY '80S
XV.—WE FALL DOWN AND RISE AGAIN
XVI.—BALL PLAYERS EACH AND EVERY ONE
XVII.—WHILE FORTUNE FROWNS AND SMILES
XIX.—FROM DENVER TO SAN FRANCISCO
XXI.—WE VISIT THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
XXII.—FROM HONOLULU TO AUSTRALIA
XXIII.—WITH OUR FRIENDS IN THE ANTIPODES
XXIV.—BALL PLAYING AND SIGHT-SEEING IN AUSTRALIA
XXVII.-IN THE SHADOW OF THE PYRAMIDS
XXVIII.-THE BLUE SKIES OF ITALY
XXIX.—OUR VISIT TO LA BELLE FRANCE
XXX.-THROUGH ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
XXXII.-THE REVOLT OF THE BROTHERHOOD
XXXIII.-MY LAST YEARS ON THE BALL FIELD
XXXIV.-IF THIS BE TREASON, MAKE THE MOST OF IT
XXXV.—HOW MY WINTERS WERE SPENT
XXXVI-WITH THE KNIGHTS OF THE CUE