Includes bibliographical references.

1. The play element in contemporary sports, by J. Huianinga.--2. The classification of games, by R. Caillois.--3. Sport as symbolic dialogue, by C.E. Ashworth.--4. American sports: play and display, by G.P. Stone.--5. Dynamics of sport groups with special reference to football, by N. Elias and E. Dunning.--6. The genesis of sport as a sociological problem, by N. Elias.--7. Folk football in medieval and early modern Britain, by N. Elias and E. Dunning.--8. The development of modern football, by E. Dunning.--9. Football in America: A Study in culture diffusion, by D. Riesman and R. Denney.--10. On bullfights and baseball, by L.A. Zurcher and A. Meadow.--11. On scholarship and interscholastic athletics, by W.E. Schafer and J.M. Armer.--12. Social stratification and mobility among young German sportsmen, by G. Luschen.--13. Negroes in baseball, by R.H. Boyle.--14.The occupational culture of the boxer, by S.K. Weinberg and H. Arnold.--15. Wrestling: the great American passion play, by G.P. Stone.--16. Notes on inter-group conflicts in international sport, by K. Heinila.--17. "Football m30161ad" : a speculative sociology of football hooliganism, by I. Ta