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Printed by the A. G. Spalding owned, American Sports Publishing Company,
from 1892 to 1941; Spalding's Athletic
Library books covered over 30 different
sports and exercises, and over 20
different organizations.
Issued content included; Group I. Base Ball (Indoor Baseball, Playground
Baseball, Softball, and How to play books...),
Group II. Foot Ball, Group III Tennis,
Group IV. Golf, Group V. Basket Ball,
Group VI. Skating and Winter Sports,
Group VII. Field & Track Athletic,
Group VIII. School Athletics, Group IX.
Water Sports, Group X. Athletic Games
for Woman and Girls, Group XI. Lawn and
Field Games, Group XII. Miscellaneous
Games, Group XIII. Manly Sports, Group
XIV. Calisthenics, Group XV.
Gymnastics, Group XVI. Home Exercising.
In 1934, the Joint Rules Committee on Softball collaborated to create the
first set of standardized rules. This
1935 issue of the "Joint Rules
Committee Official Softball Rules," Group I Baseball," No. 12R
was part of Spalding's Athletic Library.
Contents in the book includes; rules of
the game, instructions for lighting for
night games, team photos, and reports
of local clubs, Softball in Wisconsin,
St. Paul, Rock Island, Reading PA.,
Allentown, Kansas City, Memphis, etc.
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