Home and Away: The Rise and Fall of Professional Football in Ohio FROM THE PUBLISHER
Carl Becker's chronicle of these early teams captures the spirit of a sport just coming into its own - before the rules were formalized and when the promise of success seemed just within reach. Players played "for the crowd," spending nights on the bus, scrimmaging in roadside fields, enduring mud, disappointment, humiliation, and sometimes, triumph. Occasionally there was a band, and always a reporter. As Home and Away follows the unique story of these fine, determined teams. It evokes the vibrant spirit of the era itself.
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Booknews
Becker (emeritus, history, Wright State U.) chronicles the early teams of the sport as it came into its own, teams who played before small crowds and were rarely known beyond the local area. He discusses the social context, the origins, and the play of several semiprofessional teams of the 1920s representing three cities on the Ohio Shore--Portsmouth and Ironton in Ohio, and Ashland in Kentucky. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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