Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1. Al Pratt's Association 2. The Very Best of Ball Players 3. Enter Henry V. Lucas 4. The War Begins 5. The Union Association Takes the Stage 6. "The Finest! The Nearest! The Prettiest!" 7.

One Month in Altoona, Pennsylvania 8. Going to Kansas City 9. Independence Day in Washington 10. Baltimore's Battle 11. "Bollicky" Bill and the "Wizard" 12. The Hoss and the Playboy 13. The Bell Tolls for the Keystones 14. A Matter of Dollars and Cents 15.

The Windy City Blows Out of Town 16. A Curse Falls Upon Delaware 17. The Union Goes North . Western 18. Cream City Chronicles 19. The Vagabonds from Minnesota 20. The Wild West and the Race for Third Place 21. The Associations Face Off 22.

The Real Games Begin 23. Almost Equivalent to Actual Dishonesty 24. The Double Cross 25. What Killed the Union Association? 26. The Ghosts of the Union 27. Henry Lucas Opts Out Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index.