Saturday, January 4, 2:30–4:30 p.m.
American Historical Association Annual Meeting Sessions
116. Professional Sport in the City of Big Shoulders, 1883–1930
Hilton, Williford Room C
Chair: Linda J. Borish, Western Michigan University
Papers: The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime: Thoroughbred
Racing and Gambling in Chicago, 1883–1907
Steven A. Riess, Northeastern Illinois University
Rube's Town: Baseball and Entrepreneurship in Black Chicago, 1915–30
Michael E. Lomax, University of Georgia
The Black Sox Scandal, A Melodrama of Beset Manhood
Daniel Nathan, Skidmore College
Comment: Gerald Gems, North Central College
Linda J. Borish
2003
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