E-text prepared by Jerry Kuntz
as part of the Lawson's Progress Project,
[http://www.lawsonsprogress.com]


A BALL PLAYER'S CAREER

Being the PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND REMINISCENCES
of ADRIAN C. ANSON

Late Manager and Captain of the Chicago Base Ball Club

1900

To My Father Henry Anson of Marshalltown, Iowa,
to whose early training and sound advice I owe my fame

CONTENTS

[CHAP. I.—MY BIRTHPLACE AND ANCESTRY.]

[II.—DAYS AT MARSHALLTOWN]