No. 336—Minor League Base Ball Guide.
The minors’ own guide. Edited by President T. H. Murnane, of the New England League. Price 10 cents.
No. 338—Official Handbook of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs.
Contains the Constitution, By-Laws, Official Rules, Averages, and schedule of the National League for the current year, together with list of club officers and reports of the annual meetings of the League. Price 10 cents.
No. 340—Official Handbook National Playground Ball Association.
This game is specially adapted for playgrounds, parks, etc., and is spreading rapidly. The book contains a description of the game, rules and list of officers. Price 10 cents.
| Group II. | Foot Ball |
No. 2—Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide.
Edited by Walter Camp. Contains the new rules, with diagram of field; All-America teams as selected by the leading authorities; reviews of the game from various sections of the country; scores; pictures. Price 10 cents.
No. 334—Code of the Foot Ball Rules.
This book is meant for the use of officials, to help them to refresh their memories before a game and to afford them a quick means of ascertaining a point during a game. It also gives a ready means of finding a rule in the Official Rule Book, and is of great help to a player in studying the Rules. Compiled by C. W. Short, Harvard, 1908. Price 10 cents.
No. 324—How to Play Foot Ball.
Edited by Walter Camp, of Yale. Everything that a beginner wants to know and many points that an expert will be glad to learn. Snapshots of leading teams and players in action, with comments by Walter Camp. Price 10 cents.
No. 2A—Spalding’s Official Association Soccer Foot Ball Guide.
A complete and up-to-date guide to the “Soccer” game in the United States, containing instructions for playing the game, official rules, and interesting news from all parts of the country. Illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 286—How to Play Soccer.
How each position should be played, written by the best player in England in his respective position, and illustrated with full-page photographs of players in action. Price 10 cents.
No. 332—Spalding’s Official Canadian Foot Ball Guide.
The official book of the game in Canada. Price 10 cents.
No. 335—Spalding’s Official Rugby Foot Ball Guide.
Contains the official rules under which the game is played in England and by the California schools and colleges. Also instructions for playing the various positions on a team. Illustrated with action pictures of leading teams and players. Price 10 cents.
| Group III. | Cricket |
No. 3—Spalding’s Official Cricket Guide.
The most complete year book of the game that has ever been published in America. Reports of special matches, official rules and pictures of all the leading teams. Price 10 cents.
No. 277—Cricket; and How to Play it.
By Prince Ranjitsinhji. The game described concisely and illustrated with full-page pictures posed especially for this book. Price 10 cents.
| Group IV. | Lawn Tennis |
No. 4—Spalding’s Official Lawn Tennis Annual.
Contents include reports of all important tournaments; official ranking from 1885 to date; laws of lawn tennis; instructions for handicapping; decisions on doubtful points; management of tournaments; directory of clubs; laying out and keeping a court. Illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 157—How to Play Lawn Tennis.
A complete description of lawn tennis; a lesson for beginners and directions telling how to make the most important strokes. Illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 279—Strokes and Science of Lawn Tennis.
By P. A. Vaile, a leading authority on the game in Great Britain. Every stroke in the game is accurately illustrated and analyzed by the author. Price 10 cents.
| Group V. | Golf |
No. 5—Spalding’s Official Golf Guide.
Contains records of all important tournaments, articles on the game in various sections of the country, pictures of prominent players, official playing rules and general items of interest. Price 10 cents.
No. 276—How to Play Golf.
By James Braid and Harry Vardon, the world’s two greatest players tell how they play the game, with numerous full-page pictures of them taken on the links. Price 10 cents.
| Group VI. | Hockey |
No. 6—Spalding’s Official Ice Hockey Guide.
The official year book of the game. Contains the official rules, pictures of leading teams and players, records, review of the season, reports from different sections of the United States and Canada. Price 10 cents.
No. 304—How to Play Ice Hockey.
Contains a description of the duties of each player. Illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 154—Field Hockey.
Prominent in the sports at Vassar, Smith, Wellesley, Bryn Mawr and other leading colleges. Price 10 cents.
No. 188—Lawn Hockey, Parlor Hockey, Garden Hockey.
Containing the rules for each game. Illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 180—Ring Hockey.
A new game for the gymnasium. Exciting as basket ball. Price 10 cents.
No. 256—Official Handbook of the Ontario Hockey Association.
Contains the official rules of the Association, constitution, rules of competition, list of officers, and pictures of leading players. Price 10 cents.
| Group VII. | Basket Ball |
No. 7—Spalding’s Official Basket Ball Guide.
Edited by George T. Hepbron. Contains the revised official rules, decisions on disputed points, records of prominent teams, reports on the game from various parts of the country. Illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 7A—Spalding’s Official Women’s Basket Ball Guide.
Edited by Miss Senda Berenson, of Smith College. Contains the official playing rules and special articles on the game by prominent authorities. Illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 193—How to Play Basket Ball.
By G. T. Hepbron, editor of the Official Basket Ball Guide. Illustrated with scenes of action. Price 10 cents.
No. 323—Collegiate Basket Ball Handbook.
The official publication of the Collegiate Basket Ball Association. Contains the official rules, records, All-America selections, reviews, and pictures. Edited by H. A. Fisher, of Columbia. Price 10 cents.
| Group VIII. | Lacrosse |
No. 8—Spalding’s Official Lacrosse Guide.
Contains the constitution, by-laws, playing rules, list of officers and records of the U. S. Inter-Collegiate Lacrosse League. Price 10 cents.
No. 201—How to Play Lacrosse.
Every position is thoroughly explained in a most simple and concise manner, rendering it the best manual of the game ever published. Illustrated with numerous snapshots of important plays. Price 10 cents.
| Group IX. | Indoor Base Ball |
No. 9—Spalding’s Official Indoor Base Ball Guide.
America’s national game is now vying with other indoor games as a winter pastime. This book contains the playing rules, pictures of leading teams, and interesting articles on the game by leading authorities on the subject. Price 10 cents.
| Group X. | Polo |
No. 10—Spalding’s Official Roller Polo Guide.
Edited by J. C. Morse. A full description of the game; official rules; records; pictures of prominent players. Price 10 cents.
No. 129—Water Polo.
The contents of this book treat of every detail, the individual work of the players, the practice of the team, how to throw the ball, with illustrations and many valuable hints. Price 10 cents.
No. 199—Equestrian Polo.
Compiled by H. L. Fitzpatrick of the New York Sun. Illustrated with portraits of leading players, and contains most useful information for polo players. Price 10 cents.
| Group XI. | Miscellaneous Games |
No. 271—Spalding’s Official Roque Guide.
The official publication of the National Roque Association of America. Contains a description of the courts and their construction, diagrams, illustrations, rules and valuable information. Price 10 cents.
No. 138—Spalding’s Official Croquet Guide.
Contains directions for playing, diagrams of important strokes, description of grounds, instructions for the beginner, terms used in the game, and the official playing rules. Price 10 cents.
No. 341—How to Bowl.
The contents include: diagrams of effective deliveries; hints to beginners; how to score; official rules; spares, how they are made; rules for cocked hat, quintet, cocked hat and feather, battle game, etc. Price 10 cents.
No. 248—Archery.
A new and up-to-date book on this fascinating pastime. The several varieties of archery; instructions for shooting; how to select implements; how to score; and a great deal of interesting information. Illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 194—Racquets, Squash-Racquets and Court Tennis.
How to play each game is thoroughly explained, and all the difficult strokes shown by special photographs taken especially for this book. Contains the official rules for each game. Price 10 cents.
No. 167—Quoits.
Contains a description of the plays used by experts and the official rules. Illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 170—Push Ball.
This book contains the official rules and a sketch of the game; illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 13—How to Play Hand Ball.
By the world’s champion, Michael Egan. Every play is thoroughly explained by text and diagram. Illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 14—Curling.
A short history of this famous Scottish pastime, with instructions for play, rules of the game, definitions of terms and diagrams of different shots. Price 10 cents.
No. 207—Bowling on the Green; or, Lawn Bowls.
How to construct a green; how to play the game, and the official rules of the Scottish Bowling Association. Illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 189—Children’s Games.
These games are intended for use at recesses, and all but the team games have been adapted to large classes. Suitable for children from three to eight years, and include a great variety. Price 10 cents.
No. 188—Lawn Games.
Lawn Hockey, Garden Hockey, Hand Tennis, Tether Tennis; also Volley Ball, Parlor Hockey, Badminton, Basket Goal. Price 10 cents.
| Group XII. | Athletics |
No. 12—Spalding’s Official Athletic Almanac.
Compiled by J. E. Sullivan, President of the Amateur Athletic Union. The only annual publication now issued that contains a complete list of amateur best-on-records; intercollegiate, swimming, interscholastic, English, Irish, Scotch, Swedish, Continental, South African, Australasian; numerous photos of individual athletes and leading athletic teams. Price 10 cents.
No. 12A—Spalding’s Official Athletic Rules.
The A. A. U. is the governing body of athletes in the United States of America, and all games must be held under its rules, which are exclusively published in this handbook, and a copy should be in the hands of every athlete and every club officer in America. Price 10 cents.
No. 27—College Athletics.
M. C. Murphy, the well-known athletic trainer, now with Pennsylvania, the author of this book, has written it especially for the schoolboy and college man, but it is invaluable for the athlete who wishes to excel in any branch of athletic sport; profusely illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 182—All-Around Athletics.
Gives in full the method of scoring the All-Around Championship; how to train for the All-Around Championship. Illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 156—Athlete’s Guide.
Full instructions for the beginner, telling how to sprint, hurdle, jump and throw weights, general hints on training; valuable advice to beginners and important A. A. U. rules and their explanations, while the pictures comprise many scenes of champions in action. Price 10 cents.
No. 273—The Olympic Games at Athens.
A complete account of the Olympic Games of 1906, at Athens, the greatest International Athletic Contest ever held. Compiled by J. E. Sullivan, Special United States Commissioner to the Olympic Games. Price 10 cents.
No. 87—Athletic Primer.
Edited by J. E. Sullivan, Ex-President of the Amateur Athletic Union. Tells how to organize an athletic club, how to conduct an athletic meeting, and gives rules for the government of athletic meetings; contents also include directions for laying out athletic grounds, and a very instructive article on training. Price 10 cents.
No. 252—How to Sprint.
Every athlete who aspires to be a sprinter can study this book to advantage. Price 10 cents.
No. 255—How to Run 100 Yards.
By J. W. Morton, the noted British champion. Many of Mr. Morton’s methods of training are novel to American athletes, but his success is the best tribute to their worth. Illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 174—Distance and Cross-Country Running.
By George Orton, the famous University of Pennsylvania runner. The quarter, half, mile, the longer distances, and cross-country running and steeplechasing, with instructions for training; pictures of leading athletes in action, with comments by the editors. Price 10 cents.
No. 259—Weight Throwing.
Probably no other man in the world has had the varied and long experience of James S. Mitchel, the author, in the weight throwing department of athletics. The book gives valuable information not only for the novice, but for the expert as well. Price 10 cents.
No. 246—Athletic Training for Schoolboys.
By Geo. W. Orton. Each event in the intercollegiate programme is treated of separately. Price 10 cents.
No. 55—Official Sporting Rules.
Contains rules not found in other publications for the government of many sports; rules for wrestling, shuffleboard, snowshoeing, professional racing, pigeon shooting, dog racing, pistol and revolver shooting, British water polo rules, Rugby foot ball rules. Price 10 cents.
No. 331—Schoolyard Athletics.
By J. E. Sullivan, Ex-President Amateur Athletic Union and member of Board of Education of Greater New York. An invaluable handbook for the teacher and the pupil. Gives a systematic plan for conducting school athletic contests and instructs how to prepare for the various events. Illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 317—Marathon Running.
A new and up-to-date book on this popular pastime. Contains pictures of the leading Marathon runners, methods of training, and best times made in various Marathon events. Price 10 cents.
No. 339—Official Intercollegiate A. A. A. A. Handbook.
Contains constitution, by-laws, and laws of athletics; records from 1876 to date. Price 10 cents.
No. 308—Official Handbook New York Interscholastic Athletic Association.
Contains the Association’s records, constitution and by-laws and other information. Price 10 cents.
No. 302—Official Y. M. C. A. Handbook.
Contains the official rules governing all sports under the jurisdiction of the Y. M. C. A., official Y. M. C. A. scoring tables, pentathlon rules, pictures of leading Y. M. C. A. athletes. Price 10 cents.
No. 313—Official Handbook of the Public Schools Athletic League.
Edited by Dr. C. Ward Crampton, director of physical education in the Public Schools of Greater New York. Illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 314—Official Handbook Girls’ Branch of the Public Schools Athletic League.
The official publication. Contains: constitution and by-laws, list of officers, donors, founders, life and annual members, reports and illustrations. Price 10 cents.
| Group XIII. | Athletic Accomplishments |
No. 177—How to Swim.
Will interest the expert as well as the novice; the illustrations were made from photographs especially posed, showing the swimmer in clear water; a valuable feature is the series of “land drill” exercises for the beginner. Price 10 cents.
No. 296—Speed Swimming.
By Champion C. M. Daniels of the New York Athletic Club team, holder of numerous American records, and the best swimmer in America qualified to write on the subject. Any boy should be able to increase his speed in the water after reading Champion Daniels’ instructions on the subject. Price 10 cents.
No. 128—How to Row.
By E. J. Giannini, of the New York Athletic Club, one of America’s most famous amateur oarsmen and champions. Shows how to hold the oars, the finish of the stroke and other valuable information. Price 10 cents.
No. 23—Canoeing.
Paddling, sailing, cruising and racing canoes and their uses; with hints on rig and management; the choice of a canoe; sailing canoes, racing regulations; canoeing and camping. Fully illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 209—How to Become a Skater.
Contains advice for beginners; how to become a figure skater, showing how to do all the different tricks of the best figure skaters. Pictures of prominent skaters and numerous diagrams. Price 10 cents.
No. 282—Official Roller Skating Guide.
Directions for becoming a fancy and trick roller skater, and rules for roller skating. Pictures of prominent trick skaters in action. Price 10 cents.
No. 178—How to Train for Bicycling.
Gives methods of the best riders when training for long or short distance races; hints on training. Revised and up-to-date in every particular. Price 10 cents.
| Group XIV. | Manly Sports |
No. 140—Wrestling.
Catch-as-catch-can style. Seventy illustrations of the different holds, photographed especially and so described that anybody can with little effort learn every one. Price 10 cents.
No. 18—Fencing.
By Dr. Edward Breck, of Boston, editor of The Swordsman, a prominent amateur fencer. A book that has stood the test of time, and is universally acknowledged to be a standard work. Illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 162—Boxing Guide.
Contains over 70 pages of illustrations showing all the latest blows, posed especially for this book under the supervision of a well-known instructor of boxing, who makes a specialty of teaching and knows how to impart his knowledge. Price 10 cents.
No. 165—The Art of Fencing
By Regis and Louis Senac, of New York, famous instructors and leading authorities on the subject. Gives in detail how every move should be made. Price 10 cents.
No. 236—How to Wrestle.
The most complete and up-to-date book on wrestling ever published. Edited by F. R. Toombs, and devoted principally to special poses and illustrations by George Hackenschmidt, the “Russian Lion.” Price 10 cents.
No. 102—Ground Tumbling.
Any boy, by reading this book and following the instructions, can become proficient. Price 10 cents.
No. 289—Tumbling for Amateurs.
Specially compiled for amateurs by Dr. James T. Gwathmey. Every variety of the pastime explained by text and pictures, over 100 different positions being shown. Price 10 cents.
No. 191—How to Punch the Bag.
The best treatise on bag punching that has ever been printed. Every variety of blow used in training is shown and explained, with a chapter on fancy bag punching by a well-known theatrical bag puncher. Price 10 cents.
No. 200—Dumb-Bells.
The best work on dumb-bells that has ever been offered. By Prof. G. Bojus, of New York. Contains 200 photographs. Should be in the hands of every teacher and pupil of physical culture, and is invaluable for home exercise. Price 10 cents.
No. 143—Indian Clubs and Dumb-Bells.
By America’s amateur champion club swinger, J. H. Dougherty. It is clearly illustrated, by which any novice can become an expert. Price 10 cents.
No. 262—Medicine Ball Exercises.
A series of plain and practical exercises with the medicine ball, suitable for boys and girls, business and professional men, in and out of gymnasium. Price 10 cents.
No. 29—Pulley Weight Exercises.
By Dr. Henry S. Anderson, instructor in heavy gymnastics, Yale gymnasium. In conjunction with a chest machine anyone with this book can become perfectly developed. Price 10 cents.
No. 233—Jiu Jitsu.
Each move thoroughly explained and illustrated with numerous full-page pictures of Messrs. A. Minami and K. Koyama, two of the most famous exponents of the art of Jiu Jitsu, who posed especially for this book. Price 10 cents.
No. 166—How to Swing Indian Clubs.
By Prof. E. B. Warman. By following the directions carefully anyone can become an expert. Price 10 cents.
No. 326—Professional Wrestling.
A book devoted to the catch-as-catch-can style; illustrated with half-tone pictures showing the different holds used by Frank Gotch, champion catch-as-catch-can wrestler of the world. Posed by Dr. Roller and Charles Postl. By Ed. W. Smith, Sporting Editor of the Chicago American. Price 10 cents.
| Group XV. | Gymnastics |
No. 104—The Grading of Gymnastic Exercises.
By G. M. Martin. A book that should be in the hands of every physical director of the Y. M. C. A., school, club, college, etc. Price 10 cents.
No. 214—Graded Calisthenics and Dumb-Bell Drills.
For years it has been the custom in most gymnasiums of memorizing a set drill, which was never varied. Consequently the beginner was given the same kind and amount as the older member. With a view to giving uniformity the present treatise is attempted. Price 10 cents.
No. 254—Barnjum Bar Bell Drill.
Edited by Dr. R. Tait McKenzie, Director Physical Training, University of Pennsylvania. Profusely illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 158—Indoor and Outdoor Gymnastic Games.
A book that will prove valuable to indoor and outdoor gymnasiums, schools, outings and gatherings where there are a number to be amused. Price 10 cents.
No. 124—How to Become a Gymnast.
By Robert Stoll, of the New York A. C., the American champion on the flying rings from 1885 to 1892. Any boy can easily become proficient with a little practice. Price 10 cents.
No. 287—Fancy Dumb Bell and Marching Drills.
All concede that games and recreative exercises during the adolescent period are preferable to set drills and monotonous movements. These drills, while designed primarily for boys, can be used successfully with girls and men and women. Profusely illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 327—Pyramid Building Without Apparatus.
By W. J. Cromie, Instructor of Gymnastics, University of Pennsylvania. With illustrations showing many different combinations. This book should be in the hands of all gymnasium instructors. Price 10 Cents.
No. 328—Exercises on the Parallel Bars.
By W. J. Cromie. Every gymnast should procure a copy of this book. Illustrated with cuts showing many novel exercises. Price 10 cents.
No. 329—Pyramid Building with Chairs, Wands and Ladders.
By W. J. Cromie. Illustrated with half-tone photographs showing many interesting combinations. Price 10 cents.
No. 333—Official Handbook Inter-Collegiate Association Amateur Gymnasts of America.
Edited by P. R. Carpenter, Physical Director Amherst College. Contains pictures of leading teams and individual champions, official rules governing contests, records. Price 10 cents.
| Group XVI. | Physical Culture |
No. 161—Ten Minutes’ Exercise for Busy Men.
By Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick, Director of Physical Training in the New York Public Schools. A concise and complete course of physical education. Price 10 cents.
No. 208—Physical Education and Hygiene.
This is the fifth of the Physical Training series, by Prof. E. B. Warman (see Nos. 142, 149, 166, 185, 213, 261, 290). Price 10 cents.
No. 149—The Care of the Body.
A book that all who value health should read and follow its instructions. By Prof. E. B. Warman, the well-known lecturer and authority on physical culture. Price 10 cents.
No. 142—Physical Training Simplified.
By Prof. E. B. Warman. A complete, thorough and practical book where the whole man is considered—brain and body. Price 10 cents.
No. 261—Tensing Exercises.
By Prof. E. B. Warman. The “Tensing” or “Resisting” system of muscular exercises is the most thorough, the most complete, the most satisfactory, and the most fascinating of systems. Price 10 cents.
No. 185—Health Hints.
By Prof. E. B. Warman. Health influenced by insulation; health influenced by underwear; health influenced by color; exercise. Price 10 cents.
No. 213—285 Health Answers.
By Prof. E. B. Warman. Contents: ventilating a bedroom; ventilating a house; how to obtain pure air; bathing; salt water baths at home; a substitute for ice water; to cure insomnia, etc., etc. Price 10 cents.
No. 238—Muscle Building.
By Dr. L. H. Gulick. A complete treatise on the correct method of acquiring strength. Illustrated. Price 10 cents.
No. 234—School Tactics and Maze Running.
A series of drills for the use of schools. Edited by Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick. Price 10 cents.
No. 325—Twenty-Minute Exercises.
By Prof. E. B. Warman, with chapters on “How to Avoid Growing Old,” and “Fasting: Its Objects and Benefits.” Price 10 cents.
No. 285—Health by Muscular Gymnastics.
With hints on right living. By W. J. Cromie. If one will practice the exercises and observe the hints therein contained, he will be amply repaid for so doing. Price 10 cents.
No. 288—Indigestion Treated by Gymnastics.
By W. J. Cromie. If the hints therein contained are observed and the exercises faithfully performed great relief will be experienced. Price 10 cents.
No. 290—Get Well; Keep Well.
By Prof. E. B. Warman, author of a number of books in the Spalding Athletic Library on physical training. Price 10 cents.
No. 330—Physical Training for the School and Class Room.
Edited by G. R. Borden, Physical Director of the Y. M. C. A., Easton, Pa. A book that is for practical work in the school room. Illustrated. Price 10 cents.
A. G. SPALDING
From Photograph Taken in San Francisco in November, 1879