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Printed by the A. G. Spalding owned, American Sports Publishing Company,
from 1892 to 1941; Spalding's Athletic
Library books covered over 30 different
sports and exercises, and over 20
different organizations.
Issued content included; Group I. Base Ball (Indoor Baseball, Playground
Baseball, and How to play books...),
Group II. Foot Ball, Group III Tennis,
Group IV. Golf, Group V. Basket Ball,
Group VI. Skating and Winter Sports,
Group VII. Field & Track Athletic,
Group VIII. School Athletics, Group IX.
Water Sports, Group X. Athletic Games
for Woman and Girls, Group XI. Lawn and
Field Games, Group XII. Miscellaneous
Games, Group XIII. Manly Sports, Group
XIV. Calisthenics, Group XV.
Gymnastics, Group XVI. Home Exercising.
Group I "Baseball," No. 12R of Spalding's Athletic Library was the
"Official Rules of Playground Baseball,
also known as Kittenball, Soft Ball,
and Twilight Ball." The book was issued
in 1929, and sold for .25¢ the copy.
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