Download or read book Official Guide of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues, 1904 (Classic Reprint) written by T. H. Murnane and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Official Guide of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues, 1904 Until the minor leagues commenced to operate inde pendently of the National League the wrecks strewn along the base ball highway were discouraging. Now all has changed, until a good minor league franchise is preferable to the uncertainties of a major league club with large risks and poor returns. The base ball public have learned that all the ball players are not tied up to the big leagues. In fact, the games of the well-matched small leagues are much more attractive than the ill-matched teams of the major leagues. Base ball has grown until it is a weak, outcast city or town that is not represented or working hard to get a foothold in some organization. The land is full of ball players, and the number are mostly well-educated compared to the men who were the pioneers of the game and really developed the fine points so well executed by clever imitators of the present time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.