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A Sporting Time: New York City and the Rise of Modern Athletics, 1820-70

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Traces the development of modern sports in nineteenth-century New York, including baseball, cricket, horse and harness racing, yachting, billiards, and boxing, and describes the emergence of national standards and commercial involvement

408 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1985

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Melvin L. Adelman

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