Baseball Instruction Course - based on Leslie Mann's Mannscope Motion Picture Course, by Harold S. DeGroat (1935)
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This is book called "Baseball Instruction Course" discusses the baseball theory notes based upon Leslie Mann's Mannscope Motion Picture Course and other materials assembled by Harold Stephen DeGroat. At this time, it is not known what Leslie Mann's Mannscope Motion Picture Course was. This book was written or assembled in 1935. The book includes freshman, sophomore, and coaching course. The freshman theory looks at base running, batting, a defensive strategy, pitching, and base sliding and the methods on how to appropriately perform these actions during a baseball game. The sophomore theory discusses the catcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, outfielder, a defensive strategy and a battery strategy and the requirements of each position on the baseball field. The coaching component talks about the Mannscope pitching reels notes and questions for references and discussion. Mann graduated from the International YMCA College, now Springfield College, in 1925. He planned to graduate with the class of 1914, however he took classes part time for several years so that he could play professional baseball. He played professionally for 19 years with Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and New York. At Springfield, he was the first freshman to make the varsity football team and was nominated for All-American honors, playing as a halfback on the field. Les Mann was the varsity baseball and basketball coach at Springfield in the mid-twenties. He later formed the first baseball school in the nation, and directed the first U.S. All-American baseball team in 1935. He was inducted into the Springfield College Athletic Hall of Fame on November 4, 1972. Harold DeGroat was the Baseball Coach and Athletic Director at Springfield College from 1925 to 1942 and a graduate of the college in 1914. For biographical information on Leslie Mann, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/563.
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