Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Prologue. The Fourth -- 1. The Canadians -- 2. Arlie Latham -- 3. The Anglo-American Baseball League -- 4. Opening Day -- 5. Wild Waves -- 6. Gothas and Milk -- 7. Over There -- 8. The Stunt -- 9. Old Hands -- 10. Two Fronts -- 11. Hurlers -- 12. Backstops -- 13. Stamford Bridge -- 14. Early Innings -- vii 15. Middle Innings -- 16. Late Innings -- 17. Peacetime -- Appendix. Box Score -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
On a sunny Fourth of July during World War I, King George V went out to a ball game. Along with Queen Mary and other royalty, Winston Churchill, dozens of VIPs, thousands of troops and ordinary Londoners, the monarch cheered an extraordinary ""baseball match"" between American soldiers and sailors. This historic event helped solidify the transatlantic alliance that was vital to winning the war. The game itself was a thriller, reported throughout the English-speaking world. The players ranged from kids fresh off the sandlots to a handful of major and minor leaguers and a future Hall of Famer. T
