Ball Beginnings
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 15,54 MB
Release : 1984
Category :
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 15,54 MB
Release : 1984
Category :
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 20,91 MB
Release : 2000
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Josh Chetwynd
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 31,9 MB
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1101514876
You may fancy yourself a sports fan, but chances are you don't know: A fish eyeball was used as the center of some nineteenth-century baseballs The race to make better billiard balls led to the invention of plastics The Nerf ball was originally created to be part of a board game featuring cavemen Balls are the unsung heroes of sports. They are smacked, flung, dribbled, crushed, thrown, and kicked. They're usually only the subject of scrutiny when something goes wrong: a tear, the application of an illegal foreign substance, or a dent from overuse. Nevertheless, if you're watching nearly any major sporting event from around the world, you're likely following the ball wondering where it will go next... The Secret History of Balls mines the stories and lore of sports and recreation to offer insight into 60 balls-whether they're hollow, solid, full of air, or stuffed with twine or made of leather, metal, rubber, plastic, or polyurethane-that give us joy on playing fields and in every arena from backyards to stadiums around the globe.
Author : Burr W. Phillips
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 13,2 MB
Release : 1926
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Josh Chetwynd
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 33,51 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780399536748
This quirky sports trivia and history guide provides insight into 60 balls of all shapes, sizes and materials used on playing fields, in stadiums and arenas around the world, from basketballs to wiffle balls and the lesser-known sliotar. Original.
Author : John Fox
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 33,32 MB
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0062101625
Anthropologist John Fox sets off on a worldwide adventure to thefarthest reaches of the globe and the deepest recesses of our ancientpast to answer a question inspired by his sports-loving son: "Why do we play ball?" From Mexican jungles to the small-town gridirons of Ohio, frommedieval villages and royal courts to modern soccer pitches andbaseball parks, The Ball explores the little-known origins ofour favorite sports across the centuries, and traces how a simpleinvention like the ball has come to stake an unrivaled claim on ourpassions, our money, and our lives. Equal parts history and travelogue,The Ball removes us from the scandals and commercialism of today'ssports world to uncover the true reasons we play ball, helping us reclaimour universal connection to the games we love.
Author : Joan Huseman Ball
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 13,54 MB
Release : 1980
Category :
ISBN :
Ancestors and descendants of Carlisle Bablin (Babylon) Ball (1831-1917) and of his wife, Margaret McVicker (Shreve) Ball, who moved from Kentucky to Grayson County, Texas. Ancestors lived chiefly in Kentucky and Virginia. Descendants lived in Texas, Oklahoma, California and elsewhere.
Author : Augustus F. Ball
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,21 MB
Release : 19??
Category : Branford (Conn.)
ISBN :
Author : William Thompson Sedgwick
Publisher :
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 30,66 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Science
ISBN :
Author : John M. Ball
Publisher :
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 14,1 MB
Release : 1997
Category :
ISBN :