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Updated 18 February 2006

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Ring & Baseball	Here are some other Lardner-related links that I've found to be useful. I haven't included sites which list only the most basic information about Lardner; rather, I've tried to find sites which offer unique information. Please send me any I've missed: stopping@swmich.edu. Ring and the Baseball Hall of Fame http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/library/exhibits/spink.html "The J.G. Taylor Spink Award" Awards have been given since 1962, honoring writers for "meritorious contributions to baseball writing." The Preseident of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America presents the award at the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Ring won in 1963, second to Spink, former editor of the Sporting News, in 1962. The Sporting News http://sportingnews.com/archives/history/1900a The Sporting News page has a nice historical archive. The page listed here, 1900-1920 mentions Ring and gives an example of his "Pullman Pastimes." Classic Sports Hall of Fame Classic Sports A pretty good brief biography. It is nice to see him included. The Cosmic Baseball Association 1998 season roster. http://www.clark.net/pub/cosmic/lardner8.html Ring is a rookie centerfielder for the Eden Bohemians, a fantasy baseball team. The Moonlight Graham Fantasy Baseball League has a Ring Lardner Division. http://lamar.colostate.edu/~drj/moonlite.html I contacted Joseph Williams who named the divisions, and he explained that Ring is his his favorite "classic-era" baseball writer (Other divisions are the Kinsella and the Harry Caray, other favorites). He says he considered "Speed Parker" from one of Ring’s stories as a division title, but the other founders of the league thought the name sounded too ‘druggy’(Dave Parkers cocaine problems were surfacing then)".

General	The San Antonio College LitWeb Ring Lardner Page http://accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/lardner.htm Lists the major works by and about Ring and gives a nice plug for this site. Creative Quotations from Ring Lardner http://www.bemorecreative.com/one/402.htm Lists five quotes. I like the page because it gives sources for the quotes.
Online Books	Eldred Press http://eldred.ne.mediaone.net/rl/rwlsr.htm Eric Eldred of Eldritch Press has been putting a lot of Lardner full-text editions on the web. His first was YKMA and now there are others. He has You Know Me Al http://eldred.ne.mediaone.net/rl/unomeal.htm Gullible’s Travels http://eldred.ne.mediaone.net/rl/gullible.htm "My Roomy" http://eldred.ne.mediaone.net/rl/myroomy.htm "Horseshoes" http://eldred.ne.mediaone.net/rl/horse.htm "Alibi Ike" http://eldred.ne.mediaone.net/rl/alibi.htm "Harmony" http://eldred.ne.mediaone.net/rl/harmony.htm "Golden Honeymoon" http://eldred.ne.mediaone.net/rl/goldhm.htm "Haircut" online http://www.bnl.com/shorts/stories/haircut.html I'm pretty sure this violates copyright.
Ring & Plays	The Drama Department Production of June Moon http://www.dramadept.com/junemoon.htm Offers links to credits, production photos, set renderings, and pictures from the opening night party. The Princeton, NY Production of June Moon http://www.english.upenn.edu/~emazer/junemoon.html A review by Cary M. Mazer of the McCarter Theatre (Princeton, NY) production.
Ring Junior	The Blacklist http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/blacklist.html A good background article about the blacklist. It is an article by Dan Georgakas from the Encyclopedia of the American Left (University of Illinois Press, 1992). Internet Movie Database http://us.imdb.com This one seems more accurate than others.
Used Book Sites	Alibris http://www.alibris.com This one is very easy to use. American Book Exchange http://www.abebooks.com One of my favorites. They offer an email notification service.
Other	Tune Smiths Data Base http://cnct.com/~mlp/.WWW/.WWW/.CAL/tunesmit.html Lots of great information about Lardner's heroes and contemporaries. Ring Lardner Junior High School http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/niles/lardner.htm The Ring Lardner Book Talk Forum Frigate Book Talk I have no idea what this is. I believe it is set up to handle Lardner-related discussions, none of which I can find. I included it because I like the name.
Friends	Hank's World of Fun & Interesting Stuff http://www.gac.edu/~jmcdonal/fun.html Interesting links, including one to us. Heather Henderson http://scc.net/~heather/ Heather has compiled a great number of links related to baseball, literature, art, music--anything good. Orchises Press http://osf1.gmu.edu/~rlathbur/index.html The fine publisher of the collection of Ring Lardner letters, among other things.

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