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A miscellany of poetry and short works of fact and fiction on the topic of sports from North America, Great Britain and Australasia. The collection includes pieces on baseball, cricket, lacrosse, cycling, athletics, fishing, polo, fencing, marbles and three kinds of football, by authors including Arnold Bennett, Zane Grey, Banjo Paterson, and P. G. Wodehouse. (Summary by Phil Benson)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Casey at the Bat
04:42 - Chapter 2
How I keep Fit, by the Champions of Leading Sports from the Strand Magazine 1891
28:36 - Chapter 3
A Friendly Game of Football
04:37 - Chapter 4
A Modern Game of Rugby Football
27:22 - Chapter 5
Far Inland Football
15:14 - Chapter 6
Sailfish - The Atlantic Brother to the Pacific Swordfish
24:41 - Chapter 7
'Disarming' from The Art of Defence on Foot, with the Broad Sword and Sabre
02:22 - Chapter 8
Teams That Have Won the Association Cup
33:29 - Chapter 9
How M'Dougal Topped the Score
06:26 - Chapter 10
"Marbles" from Healthful Sports for Boys
17:37 - Chapter 11
At the Nets, from Mike
10:21 - Chapter 12
The Matador of the Five Towns, Chapter 3
16:47 - Chapter 13
About Cricket, from Danger! And Other Stories
15:51 - Chapter 14
Nudity of Victor Statues, from Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art
07:19 - Chapter 15
The Marathon from The Olympic Games at Athens, 1906
16:09 - Chapter 16
The Geebung Polo Club
03:50 - Chapter 17
Cycling, from the Sportswoman's Library Vol 2
29:26 - Chapter 18
Cricket on the Hearth
02:24 - Chapter 19
The Original Game, from Lacrosse, the National Game of Canada
31:42 - Chapter 20
Casey's Revenge
04:00