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Silent Mechanism Behind a Baseball Game at the Polo Grounds
A 1911 look at baseball as theater and business. It details gate finances, crowd dynamics, bench strategy, signal tricks, and the ritual of opening day at the Polo Grounds, with anecdotes about managers like John McGraw, players such as Mathewson and Wagner, and the theater of the park from gates to dressing rooms.
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New York Herald Co
John McGraw
New York Giants
New York
Salt Lake City
Polo Ground
National League
Giants
Cubs
Highth Avenue
William Gray
Pittsburg
Bill
Chicago
Pirates
Wagner
Devlin
Philadelphia
Mathewson
Lou” Criger
Cy” Young
Boston
Criger
Warner
Cincinnati
Hants
Big Larry” McLean
Peo. Aman
McLean
Crandall
McGraw
MeGraws
Meyers
Anmbrella
Evers
Doyle