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Four Centuries of Sport in America: 1490-1890 Michael Altizer allowing McIntosh to capture theHardcover, 245 pages. Remains one of the premier sources of early sports history. Herbert Manchester has assembled information on the early days of football, hunting, lacrosse, fishing, racing, tennis, baseball, basketball, and many other sports into a well organized, easy to read volume. Taken from original sources, including accounts from explorers, historical documents, as well as old newspaper and magazine articles, this book retraces the