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- catalog abstract ""Hal Chase - one of the best first basemen ever to play the game. He made both the routine look spectacular and the astonishing look easy. But he will never have a plaque in Cooperstown. Chase was the biggest crook in baseball history." "Repeatedly accused of throwing games, bribing the players, betting against his own team, and various other nefarious acts, the charming Chase always managed to get off the hook somehow." "His major league career lasted from 1905 to 1919 but by the mid-1930s, Chase was a destitute alcoholic. The last fifteen years of his life saw him hospitalized repeatedly, barely supported by a sister and brother-in-law who loathed him."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12293927.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Hal Chase - one of the best first basemen ever to play the game. He made both the routine look spectacular and the astonishing look easy. But he will never have a plaque in Cooperstown. Chase was the biggest crook in baseball history." "Repeatedly accused of throwing games, bribing the players, betting against his own team, and various other nefarious acts, the charming Chase always managed to get off the hook somehow." "His major league career lasted from 1905 to 1919 but by the mid-1930s, Chase was a destitute alcoholic. The last fifteen years of his life saw him hospitalized repeatedly, barely supported by a sister and brother-in-law who loathed him."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1 A Great Fun-Loving Boy 9 -- 2 A More Brilliant Player Does Not Wear a Uniform 27 -- 3 Chase Has Been Too Highly Praised in New York 53 -- 4 It Is a Business with Me 78 -- 5 We Will Find a Place for Hal All Right 105 -- 6 The King of the Leapers 124 -- 7 I Want to Square Myself with the Public 153 -- 8 A Severe "Black Eye" for the Game 187 -- 9 I Beat Them in Court Every Time 211 -- 10 A Long Way to the So-Called "Big Town" 249.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index.".
- catalog extent "vii, 339 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0786410671 (softcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "796.357/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Baseball players United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Chase, Hal, 1883-1947.".
- catalog subject "Chase, Hal.".
- catalog subject "GV865.C434 K64 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "1 A Great Fun-Loving Boy 9 -- 2 A More Brilliant Player Does Not Wear a Uniform 27 -- 3 Chase Has Been Too Highly Praised in New York 53 -- 4 It Is a Business with Me 78 -- 5 We Will Find a Place for Hal All Right 105 -- 6 The King of the Leapers 124 -- 7 I Want to Square Myself with the Public 153 -- 8 A Severe "Black Eye" for the Game 187 -- 9 I Beat Them in Court Every Time 211 -- 10 A Long Way to the So-Called "Big Town" 249.".
- catalog title "Hal Chase : the defiant life and turbulent times of baseball's biggest crook / by Martin Donell Kohout.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".