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An ex-football coach is hired by a small Catholic college to train its football team in the hopes of winning games and making money to save the school from bankruptcy.

After being visited by an old friend, a woman recalls her true love, the man she met and lost years ago.

The "true story" of baseball great Babe Ruth; Ruth plays himself.

Documentary about the history and imminent demise of the Polo Grounds ballpark in New York. Hosted and narrated by actor Horace McMahon, it was filmed during the winter of 1964 at the now abandoned stadium. The film looked back at its history from its opening in the 19th century, to its glory years as the home of the New York Giants baseball team and its final two years as the home of the amazing (and not in good way) New York Mets - as well as other famous events that took place there, such as football contests and boxing matches.

"This picture, which was taken at the Open Air Horse Show at the Polo Grounds, New York City, shows two prize-winning high jumpers in a very fine exhibition over a ten-bar fence."

An air of excitement pervades the little town of Squashville. The local baseball team is to cross bats with the determined organization from Stringtown and the game will decide the season's championship. Mamie Wallace, an ardent enthusiast, appears on the field with her father and greets her sweetheart, Montjoy Jones, who, resplendent in his uniform, assures his friends that Squashville will capture the pennant. It is a hotly contested game and as the final inning approaches Squashville has a lead of three runs. The local pitcher wavers momentarily and the visitors fill the bases. Now comes the crucial moment. A high fly is driven toward Montjoy, who makes a terrible muff and loses the game and the championship. Montjoy becomes a stranger in his own town. His friends desert him and no one has a kind word. The love of his sweetheart turns cold and her father forbids, the disgraced player from entering the house. The outcast seeks the solace of sleep and has a wonderful dream. He plays the game again. This time he catches the fly and retires the side. He is acclaimed the hero of the hour. It happens that a scout for the New York Giants witnesses the game and wires to Manager John McGraw, who has his team in training at Marlin, Texas. Acting upon the scout's advice, McGraw sends a contract to Jones, who loses no time in preparing to join the team. Squashville gives its "first citizen" a rousing send-off. At Marlin Montjoy reports to McGraw and meets the famous veterans who have brought two championships to New York. McGraw and Mathewson, the peerless pitcher, take the recruit in hand. He has a severe lesson in sliding and McGraw shows him how to bat. Mathewson's fast curves put the young fellow on his mettle. After the training season the team goes to New York for the first game of the season. Montjoy has shown such skill with the bat that he is sent in a "pinch hitter" and knocks out a home run, which clinches the game for the Giants. Modestly he submits to an interview and news of his fame reaches the home town. Mamie and her father determine to see the famous star in action and make a trip to New York. It is a spirited game that the Wallaces witness. One sensational play follows another and finally the great Mathewson is called up to replace a weakening pitcher. A hit off the famous twirler causes alarm. Mathewson sees an opportunity to work an extraordinary play and confers with Montjoy, who has been sent to the shortstop position. The result is a lightning triple play. Again Montjoy is the hero. As he passes one of the boxes he sees Mamie applauding him. What a pleasure it is to pass by and ignore her. And then he wakes up. The stern reality of his position strikes home as he sees a note thrust under the door. The note is from Mamie, stating that after much persuasion she has prevailed upon her father to permit Montjoy to call, but father has declared that if baseball is mentioned, the player will have to "beat it," Monty throws bat and glove into the street and hastens to his sweetheart's home.

A hot young rookie pitcher on the New York Giants baseball team is having personal problems that are affecting his game. His father disapproves of both his career choice and the woman he recently married and has basically disowned him.

The Complete History of the New York Jets is a 2-disc DVD set covering the history of the New York Jets from inception as the New York Titans in blue jerseys to the Eric Mangini led team of 2006. It includes analysis from their first home at the Polo Grounds, then Shea Stadium, and includes their indefinite pursuit to return to a New York stadium while playing at rival Giant's Meadowlands in New Jersey.

Documentary of the 1958 Divine Will International Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses that was held at the Polo Grounds and Yankee Stadium in New York.

"Rube" Marquard invites Miss Alice Joyce to the morning practice of the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds and there he shows her the effective deliveries which enabled him to break all records by winning nineteen consecutive games. Miss Joyce, by the way, is an enthusiastic "fan" and we see her with her girlfriends at the Polo Grounds, greatly interested in the Giants' struggle for the pennant. A party of sharpers, anxious for New York to lose a decisive game, endeavor to bribe Marquard. Finding their plans have miscarried, the sharpers become desperate and through a ruse, decoy Marquard to an office in the tower of the Metropolitan Building, nearly six hundred feet above the ground. "Rube," imprisoned in the room, opens the window and endeavors to attract the attention of some passer-by, but finds that he cannot be heard at that great height. As Miss Joyce starts from her hotel for the game she glances at the clock in the Metropolitan tower and sees the figure of a man in a window on the fortieth floor, wildly waving his handkerchief. Picking up her opera-glasses she discovers the man to be Marquard and she immediately surmises that something is wrong. She hastens to the building in her automobile, and with the assistance of a janitor, liberates "Rube." Away they speed for the Polo Grounds. The New York team rallies and secures a narrow lead of one run. Marquard arrives in time to hold down the opposing team and prevent further scoring. That night Miss Joyce receives a handsome token of appreciation from the Giants.

On 26 July 1923 Johnny Dundee, an Italian-American from New York City's West Side, beats Eugène Criqui, France's featherweight boxer, in a fifteen round battle at the Polo Grounds.

Christy Mathewson is engaged to Lillian Terry, daughter of Edward Terry, a rich merchant. The father favors the match, but dislikes the way Christie fools away his time playing baseball. Jack Prescott, the rejected suitor, tells Terry that if ever he lets Christy marry his daughter he will regret. At the instigation of his daughter, Terry makes Christy an offer to come into his office to work for the sum of $25 per week. Christy, against his own inclination, accepts the offer. This does not suit Prescott, who does all in his power to have Christy fired. In the office we are introduced to Otto, a baseball fiend, who is never happier than when arguing with his fellow clerks or in demonstrating to them the way in which various players pitch the ball. He and Christy soon become fast friends. Christy still continues playing baseball with an amateur team. On one occasion he leaves his sweetheart, telling her he has a business engagement. Prescott, meantime, meets Lillian on her way home. Christy is caught in the lie. Christy gives his word he will not play again. Otto, one day, is having a heated argument with his pals, and is trying to show them how a certain pitcher won his game. Christy is asked for his decision. He gets a baseball and as he throws it the door opens and Terry, with a rich client, enters. The ball strikes the rich client. Terry fires Christy. Christy, that evening, writes to Lil to the effect that he never was cut out for office work, and that he was going out into the world to find a career himself. He asks her to wait for him, which she promises to do. Later he is discovered by Jack North and the scout. North is the manager of a big league team. He makes him an offer, which Christy accepts. A year passes. The boys at the office learn that their old pal, Christy, may get a chance to show his worth that day at the ball grounds. They all fake telegrams saying that their grandmothers are dead. Terry, who knows himself what is in the wind, sympathizes and gives them the day off. He then 'phones Lillian. On the way to the game they meet Prescott, who accompanies them. At the Polo Grounds we have the regulation scenes of the different players warming up; this includes Tesreau, Marquard, Mathewson, etc. Later, end of eighth inning, score tied, four to four. The manager of the team decides to give Christy his chance. He takes out the man who has been pitching and sends Christy in. Christy is so nervous that he can scarcely hold the ball, but as he looks toward the grandstand, he sees Lil watching him eagerly. His nerve returns, and pitching a wonderful game, he shuts out the opposing team. Lillian sends a note to him to call at the house that evening. When he arrives there he finds that Lil's father has become a baseball enthusiast. Lil finds it difficult to get Christy alone, as Terry wants him to demonstrate the game and how he won it. Prescott has to sit and listen to all this, and to his disgust, Terry tells Christy that he can marry Lil whenever he likes.

Interviews with a handful of prior World Series heroes-mixed with footage of their respective exploits-form the basis for a discussion of the process by which one crack of the bat can transform an ordinary ball player into a national idol.