Background
Paul J. Zingg was born on July 22, 1945 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. He is the son of Carl William and Dolores (Lucking) Zingg.
(Through the figure of Harry Hooper (1887-1974), star of f...)
Through the figure of Harry Hooper (1887-1974), star of four World Series championship teams and a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Paul Zingg describes baseball's transformation from an often rowdy spectacle to a respectable career choice and entertainment institution. Zingg chronicles Hooper's rise from a sharecropper background in California to college and then to the pinnacle of his sport. Boston's lead-off hitter and right fielder from 1909 to 1920, Hooper later played for the Chicago White Sox, managed in the Pacific Coast League, and coached Princeton's team. When he retired in 1925, he held every major fielding record for an American League right fielder. Hooper's diaries, memoirs, and six decades of letters offer a commentary on the evolution of the game, as well as insight into the tensions between a player's public and private lives.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0252071700/?tag=2022091-20
1993
(For Six Decades the Pacific Coast League reigned supreme ...)
For Six Decades the Pacific Coast League reigned supreme for West Coast baseball fans, launching the careers of future luminaries such as Ted Williams, Ernie Lombardi, Minnie Minoso, and Joe DiMaggio. Until the Dodgers and Giants moved west in 1958, the PCL was "the only game in town" for fans from Seattle to San Diego. The PCL offered something for everyone, from tight pennant races and intense rivalries to great ballparks, stable franchises, dazzling pitching, and spectacular hitting. Salt Lake City shortstop Tony Lazzeri set all-time PCL records for home runs (60), RBIs (222), and runs scored (202) in 1925. His 60 homers occurred two years before Babe Ruth did the same in the majors. Oakland Oaks outfielder Roy Carlyle hit one of the longest home runs in professional baseball history on July 4, 1929. The ball traveled over two rooftops and into the gutter of a house 618 feet away from home plate. The PCL also delighted fans with a host of zany characters. A favorite was Lou "The Mad Russian" Novikoff, who won the Triple Crown in 1940 (batting .343, with 171 RBIs and 41 homers) while playing for the league runner-up Los Angeles Angels - thanks in no small part to his wife, Esther, who could be heard from her box seat behind home plate verbally abusing Lou during each of his appearances at the plate. Another was Hollywood Stars player-manager Bobby Bragan, who was tossed from a game in 1953 against the rival San Diego club after slamming his chest protector to the ground to protest what he considered some bad calls by the umpire. Ordered to pick up his equipment, Bragan refused and instead proceeded to remove his shin guards, mask, glove, and cap. Banished to the dugout, he added hisuniform top, shoes, socks, and a few towels to the pile. Bragan and the Stars survived the ensuing fine and suspension to win the pennant handily. In Runs, Hits, and an Era Paul Zingg's engaging text plays off more than 90 illustrations and Mark Medeiros's anecdotal sidebars. Publ
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/025206402X/?tag=2022091-20
1994
(Paul Zingg was beckoned by the golf courses of Ireland an...)
Paul Zingg was beckoned by the golf courses of Ireland and finds them a magnificent blend of landscape, history, mythology, and mystery. Near Waterville Golf Links, Staigue Fort speaks of early invaders. At Druid's Glen, Wicklow, at the twelfth hole, among a grove of sacred oaks, are the remains of a druid altar. This journey provides a fresh perspective on golf in Ireland and on Ireland. ""Zingg reports on a number of golf courses all over Ireland, giving detailed accounts about how each course is different."" Irish Echo ""Zingg enlarges the spiritual and emotional pleasures of golf found by golfers on golf courses anywhere."" Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1905172567/?tag=2022091-20
2008
Paul J. Zingg was born on July 22, 1945 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. He is the son of Carl William and Dolores (Lucking) Zingg.
Zingg became Bachelor of Arts at Belmont Abbey College in 1968. Next years he received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Richmond.
He obtained a Doctor's degree from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1974.
Zingg served as an assistant professor of history at Southern Benedictine College for 2 years from 1975. In 1977 he became an executive dean for academic affairs at Williams University, serving there for a year. He was an adjunct assistant professor at University of Pennsylvania in 1978.
During 2 years from 1979 Zingg worked as a vice-dean for undergraduate studies and admissions at College of Arts and Sciences, becoming a vice-dean in 1981, he held that position for 2 years, as well.
From 1983 till 1986 Zingg held the position of an assistant to the president at College of Arts and Sciences. He was a professor of history, as well as a dean of liberal arts school at Saint Mary’s College of California. Simultaneously he served as an adjunct associate professor of history at University of Pennsylvania.
For 2 years from 1993 Zingg was appointed to the post of a professor of history and dean of liberal arts college at California Polytechnic State University. In addition, he served as a provost and vice president for academic affairs at that university since 1995.
Concerning his writings, his most notable sports books is Harry Hooper 1887-1974: An American Baseball Life, a 1993 publication which recounts the exploits of the Hall-of-Fame outfielder who played for the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox from 1909 to 1925. Zingg notes that although Hooper’s lifetime batting average falls under .300, the player rates as one of the most successful leadoff batters of his era, for he held an impressive on-base percentage and showed considerable prowess as a base stealer.
In 1994 Zingg followed Harry Hooper with Runs, Hits, and an Era: The Pacific Coast League, 1903-1958, a chronicle of the minor league that spawned such major-league greats as Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, and Harry Heilman. This volume, which Zingg wrote in collaboration with Mark D. Medeiros, also relates the achievements of such colorful players as Ox Eckhardt, Smeed Jolley, slugger Steve Bilko, and Buzz Arlett, whose Pacific Coast accomplishments have significantly contributed to his status as a particularly legendary minor-league player.
Zingg was named University of Pennsylvania’s faculty member of the year by Friar’s Senior Society, in 1983-1984. He reseived Research Foundation Awards from University of Pennsylvania, in 1983-1984, as well, and 1984-1985. Also he won grants from National Endowment for the Humanities in 1989, and Saint Mary’s College, in 1987, 1990, 1991, and 1993.
(Through the figure of Harry Hooper (1887-1974), star of f...)
1993(For Six Decades the Pacific Coast League reigned supreme ...)
1994(Paul Zingg was beckoned by the golf courses of Ireland an...)
2008Zing is a member of such organizations, as the Organization of American Historians, the Society for History Education, the American Studies Association, the Society for American Baseball Research, the Association of American Colleges, the North American Society for the Study of Sport, Phi Alpha Theta and Phi Beta Delta.
Zingg married Candace A. Slater on August 9, 1980.
