A game of brawl the Orioles, the Beaneaters, and the battle for the 1897 pennant - Felber, Bill (University of Nebraska Press, 2007)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-295)
Baseball's original evil empire -- The Royal Rooters -- Spring thunderbolts -- Parade of champions -- Suspected criminals -- Streaks of June -- Sunday misdemeanors -- The rise and fall of Louis Sockalexis -- Day jobs for garroters -- Don't they keep warm? -- Fall in Baltimore
Features the 1897 pennant race between the vaunted 'dirty' Baltimore club, and the comparatively saintly Boston Beaneaters