by Steve Rushin
a thirty-six-year-old man was arrested: Associated Press, “Says Umps Can Forfeit Games If Fans Riot,” Ludington Daily News, April 19, 1956.
law was discriminating… against the “working man”: “Walking Wets Win Right to Bring Beer,” Washington Post, June 6, 1962.
“several fans ran onto the field”: “Blame It on the Booze,” Oswego Argus-Press, July 6, 1964.
Washington Senators… had taken the Solomonic decision: United Features Syndicate, “Suds Ban in All but Bleachers Fault of Solons Themselves,” Eugene Register-Guard, June 20, 1957.
“the ten-cent beer night”: “If Brewers Cancel Beer, ’Tis Something,” Pittsburgh Post Gazette, June 6, 1974.
Dave Duncan was given a beer shower: United Press International, May 30, 1974.
“We’re lucky somebody didn’t get stabbed”: “Spectators Cause Tribe to Forfeit,” Toledo Blade, June 5, 1974.
“We could have gotten killed out there”: Associated Press, “Umpire Hurt; Cheap Beer Costly to Tribe,” Reading Eagle, June 5, 1974.
Busch family… was selling thirty-five million barrels annually: Johnson, “Sports and Suds.”
“Mr. Busch gives every evidence”: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 21, 1953.
There, in a bar, the poem was first read: “Francis Scott Key,” New York Times, March 14, 1897.
“the players paraded across the field”: “Baseball Season Opened,” New York Times, April 23, 1897.
“The teams parted at the home plate”: “On the Baseball Field,” New York Times, April 16, 1898.
“Thousands of persons forgot baseball”: “On the Baseball Field,” New York Times, May 1, 1898.
“when the national anthem was played”: “Big Day for Baseball,” New York Times, April 18, 1902.
fans thought they spotted: “President’s Fiancée Is Main Attraction,” Wilmington Star, October 10, 1915.
“It reminds us that we’re in a war”: “Every Day Is Flag Day at the Ball Parks,” New York Times, May 16, 1942.
Chapter 7
“Mr Cammeyer again had the grounds”: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 22, 1867.
“Harry Stevens always has some new idea”: “New York News,” Sporting Life, February 22, 1896.
ham-and-cheese sandwiches: “Ball Fans Must Eat,” New York Times, April 13, 1924.
“threw a chunk of bologna sausage”: Sporting Life, June 8, 1895, 4.
“insatiable appetite for hot roasted peanuts”: “Eastern Fare,” Sporting Life, September 20, 1890.
“printing score-cards and selling peanuts”: “Washington Whispers,” Sporting Life, March 28, 1891.
“He declines to be a special guest”: “Seven to Five,” Boston Daily Globe, January 18, 1897.
“McGinnity’s one weakness is peanuts”: “Von der Ahe Again,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 16, 1900.
“I saw bush [league] games as a boy”: “Author of Game’s Song Not Present Until 1940,” Sporting News, April 27, 1944.
“eating a red hot in the first inning”: “Series Verifies Fullerton’s Dope,” Chicago Daily Tribune, October 15, 1906.
“The redhots warmed with mustard”: “Sad Slaughter of Sox,” Chicago Daily Tribune, October 11, 1906.
“Ernie Whelan’s ‘red-hots’ ”: Detroit Free Press, October 12, 1907.
“close to the hot dog counter”: “E-Yah and A-Las for Tiger,” Chicago Tribune, October 13, 1907.
failed to buy the Brooklyn club: “Niles Man May Buy Brooklyn Club,” Youngstown Vindicator, June 19, 1908.
“fusillade of sandwiches”: “Boston Red Sox Take First Game of World’s Series,” St. Petersburg Evening Independent, October 8, 1912.
“they keep the money out in the open”: United Press International, “Hot Dog This Company Says,” Los Angeles Times, January 15, 1985.
“Harry Stevens giving away his peanuts”: “Boston Takes Third Game, 5–4,” New York Times, October 13, 1914.
“He would wrestle a man”: “Harry Mozley Stevens,” New York Times, May 5, 1934.
“Ice cream, éclairs and bricklets”: “Fans Can Buy Anything,” St. Louis Star, May 23, 1930.
“waiting on, attending in any manner”: “Sopranos Gain in Bid to Join Hawking Cry,” New York Times, April 6, 1977.
a succession of luxury hotels: New York Times, May 6, 1934.
“the importance of the frankfurter”: “Harry M. Stevens Dies at Age of 78,” New York Times, May 4, 1934.
Arthur introduced a foot-long hot dog: “Thomas G. Arthur, 84; Made Dodger Dog a Staple of L.A. Stadium Experience,” Los Angeles Times, June 27, 2006.
Cary Grant told Arthur: Ibid.
peanut hawker in Triple-A Columbus: From a note archived in the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library.
“Hey, lady, wanna buy a goober?”: Elmer Dean was profiled in stories by the Associated Press, “Dean Boys’ Father Goes to St. Louis,” October 3, 1934; the Milwaukee Journal, “Dizzy Is Still Hero Down Houston Way,” September 23, 1937; the Sporting News, “Vaunted Vendor Plays Shell Game,” July 4, 1981; the Lewiston Daily Sun, “Frisch Reinstates Dizzy Dean,” August 17, 1934; and the Meriden Daily Journal, “Elmer Dean No Longer Holdout,” March 25, 1936.
Hal Schiff began selling at Shibe Park: “The Peanut Man Connie Mack Hired,” Philadelphia Inquirer, October 13, 1974.
“Peanut Jim” Shelton: “ ‘Peanut Jim’ Forced out of Lineup,” Cincinnati Enquirer, October 16, 1976.
top hat with a working water spigot: “Flag Waver a ‘Cheepie,’ ” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 30, 1974.
Charlie Grimm was a peanut vendor: “Name Doesn’t Fit Jolly Charlie Grimm of Cubs,” Beaver County Times, July 11, 1947.
“He is a St. Louis native”: Associated Press, “Fred Saigh Agrees to Sell Holdings in St. Louis Club,” Calgary Herald, January 31, 1953.
George (the Peanut Man) Jacobs: “The Disabled List,” Boston Globe, April 16, 2004.
Dan Ferrone sold beer: “Peanut Pitcher,” Chicago Tribune, April 3, 1989.
Manny Gluck, program vendor at Gate 4: “Manny Gluck, 65, Dies; Yankee Vendor No. 1,” New York Times, May 18, 2005.
McNeil unwittingly sold beer: “Jury Acquits Wally the Beer Man,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 22, 2011.
“spectators could buy Nachos Grande”: “They Had a Hot Night in New Orleans,” St. Petersburg Times, September 16, 1978.
“traditional ballpark culinary staple”: “Fiesta Bowl 1978 Not USDA Choice,” Kingman Daily Miner (Arizona), December 26, 1978.
“manufactured by the Marsh Candy Company”: “The Munificent Mr. Malaprop,” Los Angeles Times, August 29, 1971.
“People like to identify”: “If It Has to Do with Baseball, Danny Goodman Sells It,” Christian Science Monitor, December 28, 1981.
“Stick to hot dogs”: “The Man Who Made Grand Old Game a Novelty,” Los Angeles Times, May 20, 1980.
“A guy had a choice”: “Baseball Novelty,” Los Angeles Times, May 11, 1971.
“novelties will be bigger”: “Novelties Big Business,” Sporting News, July 12, 1980.
Goodman bought the candy bars: “The Munificent Mr. Malaprop.”
Goodman would pitch oil companies: United Press International, “Stars Seek 10-Minute Baseball Intermission,” February 10, 1949.
dressed in drag and carrying a mop: Associated Press, “Hollywood Sets New Baseball Fad,” April 2, 1950.
baseball tradition of “dragging the infield”: United Press International, “Stars Seek.”
signature novelty: the bobblehead doll: “Mets’ Fans Have Eccentric Habits,” Oxnard Press-Courier (California), May 22, 1963.
“Someone came to me from Japan”: “The Munificent Mr. Malaprop.”
“The collar was low”: Gogol, The Overcoat.
“Turn ’em away, if necessary”: “He’s for Wrigley Field,” Pasadena Star-News, December 26, 1957.
“If just half his friends show up”: “Goodman—That He Is,” Los Angeles Examiner, February 9, 1
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Dodgers bugles—he ordered twenty thousand: “Events & Discoveries,” Sports Illustrated, March 23, 1959.
“We’ll have 12 different hat styles”: “Brass Bugles Being Readied for Dodger Games in Coliseum,” Los Angeles Times, March 10, 1959.
devoted double shifts exclusively to plastic baseball hats: “Cronin’s Corner,” Los Angeles Times, May 30, 1958.
“you’ll think you’ve bought a new boarder”: Ibid.
“Dodger fans don’t buy hats or jackets”: Ibid.
“breweries had their own mugs and caps”: “The Man Who Made Grand Old Game a Novelty.”
“concentric rows of novelty and souvenir stands”: “Council Rejects O’Malley’s Plan,” New York Times, October 23, 1959.
“Danny Goodman Special”: “If It Has to Do with Baseball, Danny Goodman Sells It.”
TO HECK WITH HOUSEWORK: “Rube-Barbs; Wipe Away Scoring Sheet,” Pasadena Star-News, March 26, 1963.
wipe-clean reusable dry-erase scorecards: “Can It Wipe Out Bat Muffs Too?,” Pasadena Star-News, May 27, 1964.
“I turn away more people”: “Danny Goodman’s Motto: ‘Keep Customers Happy,’ ” Long Beach Press-Telegram, August 21, 1975.
“Why would anyone think it unusual”: “Sideline Business,” Los Angeles Times, August 12, 1962.
“women represent about 40 percent”: “Novelties Big Business.”
Fans were invited to T-Shirt Night: “Record Number of Promotions Set for 1980,” Los Angeles Times, April 15, 1980.
twenty-fourth consecutive Hollywood Stars game: “Star Tracks,” People, September 21, 1981.
Fernando Valenzuela bumper stickers: Associated Press, “El Toro Fernando,” May 14, 1981.
In 1983, at the age of seventy-four, Danny Goodman: “Danny Goodman Dies,” Los Angeles Times, June 19, 1983.
“He is credited with virtually inventing”: Distinguished Residents of Hillside Memorial Park, 38.
George Steinbrenner had to withdraw: Sporting News, May 9, 1981.
Chapter 8
cigars in his shirt pocket: United Press International, “Boy Quizzed in Shooting,” Reading Eagle, July 5, 1950.
At half past noon, as the Brooklyn Dodgers emerged: “Mystery Bullet Kills Baseball Fan in Midst of Crowd at Polo Grounds,” New York Times, July 5, 1950.
sound like a paper bag popping: United Press International, “Baseball Fan Slain Before 49,316 Crowd,” July 5, 1950.
standing-room patrons in the overflow crowd: “Line of Fire: Independence Day 1950,” New York Daily News, August 30, 1998.
1939 profile of Gonzales: “The Cases of Dr. Gonzales,” Life, November 27, 1939.
“talking more about the shooting”: “Mystery Bullet Kills Baseball Fan in Midst of Crowd at Polo Grounds.”
lived with his great-great-aunt: “Boy, 14, Admits Firing .45 Pistol at Time of Polo Grounds Killing,” New York Times, July 8, 1950.
police found three .22-caliber weapons: “Held in Ball Park Death,” New York Times, July 12, 1950.
Robert Mario Peebles, confessed: “Boy, 14, Admits Firing .45 Pistol at Time of Polo Grounds Killing”; Associated Press, “Ballpark Death Cleared Up as Boy Confesses,” Yonkers Herald-Statesman, July 8, 1950.
Flaig died, of a liver ailment: “Otto Flaig, 55; Teterboro Police Chief,” Bergen County Record (New Jersey), August 3, 1992.
Joanne Barrett, nearly five months pregnant: “Bronxville Woman Shot in Hand During Game at Yankee Stadium,” New York Times, July 5, 1985; Associated Press, “Gunshot Wounds Yankee Fan,” Sarasota Herald-Tribune, July 5, 1985.
announced her intention to sue the Yankees: “Woman Shot in Hand at Game Sues the Yankees,” New York Times, July 11, 1985.
rifling through her handbag: “Woman Shot at Park Finds Bullet in Purse,” New York Times, July 8, 1985.
At 3 o’clock in the morning: Shieber, “That Famous Yankees Logo.”
“robbed, beaten, stabbed and shot”: “Crime Blotter Has a Regular: Yankee Caps,” New York Times, September 15, 2010.
Chapter 9
Born and orphaned in Macon, Missouri: “She’s the Organist at the Garden,” Chillicothe Constitution, February 22, 1951.
Goodding moved to Manhattan: Associated Press, “Died Monday,” November 20, 1963.
Rickard lay in state on the arena floor: Associated Press, “Rickard Paid Last Tribute by Thousands,” Spokane Daily Chronicle, January 9, 1929.
there was no danger of the same: “Democratic Convention to Be Radiated by Twenty Stations,” New York Times, June 22, 1924.
the name of the Cleveland organ: “Preserve Historic Pipe Organ Housed in Public Auditorium,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 10, 2009.
the revolutionary Hammond organ: Basile, Fifth Avenue Famous, 120; “Pipeless Organ,” Time, April 29, 1935.
“Darling, I Am Growing Old”: Chicago Tribune, February 9, 1940.
“Waitin’ for the Train to Come In”: “Hawks Late Rally Downs Rangers 9–4,” New York Times, March 4, 1947.
“My 90-year-old mother”: “Lively Dispute Promised in Flatbush Today,” New York Times, July 17, 1942.
“a crabbed man”: “Court Asked to Mute Dodgers Calliope,” New York Times, June 2, 1942.
The judge… threw out the case: United Press International, Windsor Star, November 20, 1963.
before playing “Happy Birthday to You”: “Warren Is Not Happy,” New York Times, April 24, 1951.
terrible poignancy in 1951: Associated Press, “Hugh Casey Commits Suicide,” Dubuque Telegraph Herald, July 3, 1951; “Casey, Ex-Dodger, Is Atlanta Suicide,” New York Times.
Gladys Goodding… died of a heart attack: “Gladys Goodding, Organist, Is Dead,” New York Times, November 20, 1963.
composed that four-note progression: “Organists Enjoy Life on Bench,” Bridgewater Courier-News (New Jersey), undated clip on file at the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library.
briefly alighting on a film scorer: “Peace at Last! K&D Return to Fold,” Los Angeles Times, March 31, 1966.
Kiley had once been a silent-film organist: “John Kiley Now Choir Director at St. Patrick’s,” Lowell Sun, December 23, 1970.
The Pirates plucked Vince Lascheid: “Three Rivers Organist Pulls Out the Stops for Blass, Robertson,” Pittsburgh Press, October 13, 1971.
“You Light Up My Life”: “Angels Take a Loss After Lights Go Out,” Los Angeles Times, September 22, 1979.
“Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2”: “Organist Is Multi-Threat on Sidelines,” Christian Science Monitor, syndicated in the Anchorage Daily News, March 22, 1976.
Newman had worked in Vegas and Tahoe: “Ronnie Newman, Who Played Organ for Twins,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, September 2, 2003.
A photo from the middle ’50s shows Ellington: The Duke Ellington photograph in the Library of Congress was taken by Charlotte Brooks for Look magazine in 1955.
Calvin Griffith spoke to the Lions Club: “Griffith Spares Few Targets in Waseca Remarks,” Minneapolis Tribune, October 1, 1978.
“another nigger on his plantation”: “Angry Carew Vows He Will Not Play for Griffith’s Twins Again,” Minneapolis Tribune, October 2, 1978.
abandoned the Ebbets aesthetic at the bathroom doors: “New Ballpark Statistic: Stadium’s Toilet Ratio,” New York Times, April 12, 2009.
$100,000 in dental work: “Baseball’s Ban on Tobacco Goes Too Far,” Hartford Courant, June 19, 1993.
selling ice water to Senators fans: “Ice Water Sold at Nats’ Game; Griff Is Sorry,” Washington Post, July 13, 1941.
trough-style urinal, which doesn’t comply: “Target Field Promises Plenty of Potties, Especially for the Ladies,” City Pages, April 21, 2009.
“The history of every nation”: Franklin Roosevelt, on signing the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, March 1, 1936.
recruited to fill in for an inebriated groundskeeper: Smith, “Diamond Cutters.”
“We’re raising boys, not grass”: Steve Rushin, “Grace and Humility De
fined the Great Slugger Harmon Killebrew,” SportsIllustrated.com, May 17, 2011, http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/steve_rushin/05/16/harmon.killebrew/index.html.
Bob Feller’s 20-millimeter gun scope: Smith, “Diamond Cutters.”
“Is there another Emil Bossard”: Toma and Goforth, Nitty Gritty Dirt Man, 157.
“bases were left out”: Cobb and Stump, Ty Cobb, 57.
Mellor mowed a pattern into the outfield: “Groundskeepers Display Artistry on the Diamond,” New York Times, September 30, 2008.
trained elephants performing on the lawn: The Rotarian, October 1964, 54.
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