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The Chalmers Race: Ty Cobb, Napoleon Lajoi, and the Controversial 1910 Batting Title That Became a National Obsession
By Huhn, Rick
- ISBN
- 9780803271821 9780803273757
- Publisher
- Univ. of Nebraska
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Starred Review on February 15, 2014 | Arts and Humanities
Before performance enhancing drugs (PEDs), free agency, the live ball era, the Yankees' glory years, and even before the scandal of the 1919 Black Sox, there was the 1910 Chalmers Race, when a Chalmers automobile was awarded to baseball's leading hitter by batting average. Chalmers Automobile Company's Hugh Chalmers announced the award before the 1910 season. By the l...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
