Sports in California by The Book Club of California; Gary F. Kurutz - 1986

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1986 Book. Very Good +. Soft cover. First Edition. Very nice copy of this set of 12 portfolio sheets depicting the history of sports in California; illustrated with drawings. The portfolios are I. Introduction; II. The Birth of Ski Racing in the California Gold Rush; III. Early California Baseball; IV. Boxing - The Benicia Boy; V. Football, The Big Game; VI. Tug-of-War Context 1894 San Francisco; VII. Ben Hur Revisited - Chariot Races at the Tournament of Roses 1904-1915; VIII. The Ethereal Sport of Ballooning; IX. The Jumping Frog Contest; X. Bull Versus Bear - Sport and Diversion in Early Nineteenth Century California; XI. Polo in Southern California; and XII. Wild Cheers Broke Loose - The Great Los Angeles-Phoenix Road Race, 1908-1914..