Illustrations Tables Foreword Preface Author's Note Chapter 1: A Borrowing from the New World, 1867-1899 Chapter 2: Baseball Is No Highbrow Game, 1900-1929 Chapter 3: Rube and Ol' Diz: A Tragic Ending and an Auspicious Start Chapter 4: Fredericksburg Can Be Justly Proud: Hill Country League, 1930 Chapter 5: Mr. Fault Finder: Comfort, 1930 Chapter 6: This Side of Bell Mountain: Hill Country League, 1931 Chapter 7: Dancing on the Bridge: Comfort Chapter 8: Outside Men: Hill Country League, 1932 Chapter 9: H. O. Adler: Merchant and Baseball Impresario Chapter 10: By the Margin of a Frog's Eyebrow: Mountain League, 1933 Chapter 11: Charley Suche: From the Mountain League to the Major Leagues Chapter 12: Green Cathedrals: Hill Country Ballparks Chapter 13: A Bunch of Sandlotters: Mountain League, 1934 Chapter 14: Hugo Klaerner: Major Leaguer, Musician, and County Sheriff Chapter 15: Life Gets Serious: Mountain League, 1935 Chapter 16: Edgar Bergmann: A Pillar of Boerne Chapter 17: Dead as a Dodo Bird: League Vicissitudes, 1936 and Beyond Chapter 18: Baseball Was King: Kerrville Black Baseball, 1922-1970 Epilogue: Baseball as Balm Acknowledgments Notes on Team Statistics Compiled from Box Scores Appendix A: 1930 Standings and Team Statistics--Hill Country League Appendix B: 1931 Standings and Team Statistics--Hill Country League Appendix C: 1932 Standings and Team Statistics--Hill Country League Appendix D: 1933 Standings and Team Statistics--Mountain League Appendix E: 1934 Standings and Team Statistics--Mountain League Appendix F: 1935 Standings and Team Statistics--Mountain League Appendix G: Hill Country League Standings, 1933-36 Notes Selected Bibliography Index.