by Al Stump
Chance, Frank (“Peerless Leader”), 148, 157, 165, 215
Chapman, Ray, 310, 311, 350, 351
Charleston (S.C.) Sea Gulls, 96
Chase, Hal (“Prince Hal”), 135, 215, 216, 222, 229
Chemical Warfare Service, U.S., 270, 271, 274, 275, 276, 401
Chesbro, Jack (“Happy”), 102, 105, 107, 108
Chesterfield, Earl of, 395
Chevrolet, Louis, 131
Chicago Cubs, 23, 147, 156, 165, 166, 196, 266
Chicago White Sox, 77, 104, 110, 111, 126, 130, 131, 141, 163, 164, 186, 187, 190, 202, 216, 247, 274, 280, 298, 299, 313, 314, 315, 326, 361, 374, 389, 392. See also “Black Sox” affair
Chitwood, Caleb, Amanda Cobb’s father, 32
Chitwood, Norah, Ty Cobb’s aunt, 43, 46
Cicotte, Eddie (“Knuckles”), 77, 79, 80, 83, 97, 202, 274, 313, 314, 315, 316, 371. See also “Black Sox” affair
Cincinnati Reds, 259, 313, 314, 315
Circuit, Keith Vaudeville, 217
Civil War (“War Between the States”), 29, 42, 53, 100, 115
Clancy, Robert H. (U.S. congressman), 385, 394
Clarke, Billy, 51
Clarke, Fred, 320
Clarke, Jay (“Nig”), 76, 111, 147, 412
Clarke, Rufe, 350
Cleveland Indians (also known as Blues, Naps), 23, 50, 147, 163, 170, 251, 311, 320, 341, 343, 363, 370, 371, 382
Cobb, Amanda (nee Chitwood), Ty Cobb’s mother, 22, 31, 32, 36, 38, 48, 52, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95, 116, 120, 121, 143, 346, 391
Cobb, Beverly, 400
Cobb, Charlotte “Charlie” Marion (nee Lombard), Ty Cobb’s first wife, 158, 160, 166, 173, 181, 211, 212, 218, 224, 236, 237, 239, 242, 251, 253, 254, 270, 271, 303, 331, 336, 346, 347, 366, 396, 400, 406, 409–11, 412
Cobb Educational Fund (CEF), 12, 415, 419
Cobb, Florence, Ty Cobb’s sister, 12, 22, 48, 93
Cobb, Frances (nee Fairburn), Ty Cobb’s second wife, 412–13
Cobb, Howell (governor of Georgia), 37, 38
Cobb, Irvin S., 252
Cobb, James Howell, Ty Cobb’s son, 331, 400, 419
Cobb, Joe, 279
Cobb, John (“Squire”), Ty Cobb’s grandfather, 33, 34, 35, 44, 72
Cobb, Joseph (tobacco tycoon), 37
Cobb, Norah (“Grannie”), Ty Cobb’s grandmother, 39, 44
Cobb, Paul, Ty Cobb’s younger brother, 32, 48, 90, 96, 121, 286, 360
Cobb, Roswell Herschel, Ty Cobb’s son, 237, 253, 265, 400, 412
Cobb Scholarship Fund, 336
Cobb, Shirley. See Beckwith, Shirley
Cobb–Speaker–Wood case, 370–84
Cobb, Thomas (U.S. senator), 37, 38
Cobb, Thomas R. R. (Confederate general), 37
Cobb, Thomas W. (planter), 37
Cobb, Tyrus, Jr., Ty Cobb’s son, 237, 297, 399, 405–06, 412
Cobb, Tyrus Raymond (“Ty,” the “Georgia Peach”):
aliases of, 47, 56
ancestors of, 37, 59
and Anniston Steelers, 57, 64–65, 66
applying to Sally League teams, 51
in U.S. Army, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 270, 271, 272, 274, 275–76, 277
and Augusta Tourists, 51–52, 53, 57–59, 60, 61, 67, 68, 69, 75, 77–79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 88, 96, 98, 100
baseball records of, 4, 24, 70, 80, 155–56, 176–77, 192, 233, 333, 339, 352, 361–62, 363, 389, 393, 398–400, 409
birth of, 22, 31
cancer of, 20, 23, 25, 26, 416, 417, 419
childhood of, 29–30, 32, 33–41, 42
in The College Widow, 217, 218–19, 255
death of, 420
and Detroit Tigers, 22, 58, 76, 77, 89, 97, 106–09, 110–13, 115, 118–19, 123, 126, 128, 130, 132–34, 144–45, 149, 150, 163, 174, 186–88, 207–08, 236, 240–41, 247, 297, 306
as Detroit Tigers’ manager, 21, 319–20, 321–22, 323–25, 328–29, 332, 335, 339–43, 345, 348, 350, 351, 355, 359, 363, 364–65, 369–70
divorces of, 406, 409–11, 412–13
eye ailments of, 194–95, 197, 234, 301, 360–61, 365–66
as family man, 218, 228, 236, 253, 254, 264, 265, 270, 297, 303, 331, 336, 346, 396, 400, 405–06, 412
and father’s death, 22, 27, 90–91, 92, 93–95, 114, 143, 391
first professional game of, 60
fortune of, 23, 75, 216, 242–43, 245, 265, 277–78, 284–85, 298, 320, 352–53, 404, 418–19
generosity of, 12, 286, 336, 415, 419
grave of, 22, 28
illness of, 6–7, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17–18, 165, 179–80, 193, 233, 251, 354–55, 396
injuries of, 11, 30, 43, 50, 76, 122, 140, 150–51, 152–53, 201, 212, 235, 259, 272, 294–95, 310, 334, 343, 395
insomnia of, 201–02
and “Kate,” 71, 74
and lawsuits, 19, 160–61, 171, 172, 176, 181, 239–40
and learning baseball, 41, 44, 50, 58–59, 65–66, 83–87, 89
as a loner, 80, 81, 82, 109, 115
marriages of, 158, 159,160, 162, 163, 166, 167, 184, 236–37, 251, 253, 303, 331, 336, 346–47, 401, 412
and mother’s trial, 94–95, 116, 120–21
nervous breakdown of, 126–27, 129, 139
nicknames for, 36, 77, 116, 125, 152, 154, 156, 164, 189, 200, 208, 222
and Philadelphia Athletics, 384–85, 387–89, 390–91, 396–97
psychosis of, 12, 27, 96, 298
racial prejudice of, 35, 72–73, 141, 160–61, 170, 176, 199
and Royston Reds, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 71, 119
and Royston Rompers, 43, 44, 45
and “Ruth Cup,” 408
and stealing bases, 46, 61, 68, 69, 79, 99, 111, 113, 124, 130, 145, 146, 148, 151, 152, 154, 155, 180, 189, 203, 228, 248, 249, 259, 273, 296, 301, 334, 352, 355–56, 357, 358, 391–92, 393, 397
testimony of, 376–82, 414
and tonsillitis, 121–22, 360
as vice president of BBPF, 225, 244
at White House, 216–17, 252, 355, 368, 382
as writer, 35, 124, 231, 244, 304, 319, 394, 401, 414, 415
See also Cobb–Speaker–Wood case
Cobb, William Herschel, Ty Cobb’s father, 22, 28, 31, 32, 33, 35, 38, 39, 40, 43, 44, 47, 48, 49, 52, 53, 63, 64, 71, 72, 73, 74, 87, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 114, 116, 120, 134, 284
Coca–Cola, 245, 284, 285, 286, 320, 322, 324, 347, 404
Cochrane, Mickey (“Black Mike”), 387, 411, 420
Cody, Buffalo Bill, 287
Cohan, George M. (Broadway songwriter-producer), 170, 217, 303, 354
Cole, Bert, 356, 357
Collins, Eddie, 161, 169, 173, 176, 186, 189, 192, 209, 241, 248, 267, 315, 393, 412
Collins, Fred, 160
Collins, Harry (“Rip”), 340, 349
Collins, Jimmy, 102, 320
Collins, Ray, 188
The College Widow, 217, 218, 219, 255
Columbia Park (Philadelphia, PA), 153
Columbia (S.C.) Spartans, 89
Combs, Earle, 332, 390
Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL), 84, 203
Comiskey, Charles, 203, 313, 314, 315
Congalton, Bunk, 135
Connally, Sarge, 397
Connolly, Tom, 154, 358
Conroy, Asa, 30
Considine, Bob, 338
Cooley, Duff (“Sir Richard”), 76, 97, 104, 115
Coombs, Jack, 189
Cooper, Wilbur, 369
Cooperstown, N.Y. See Baseball Hall of Fame
Corbett, James J. (prize fighter), 257
Corcoran, Fred (Professional Golfers’ Association manager), 407
Corriden, Red, 196, 199
Coughlin, Bill (“Rowdy”), 104, 110, 145, 152, 153
Couzens, James (U.S. senator), 386
Coveleski, Harry (“Giant Killer”), 250
Coveleski, Stan, 294, 364
Cowper, William (18th-century English poet), 9
Cravath, Gavvy, 288
Crawford, Sam (�
��Wahoo”), 58–60, 66, 76, 104, 108, 112, 114, 118, 119, 123, 130, 135, 144, 145, 154, 161, 176, 180, 186, 187, 189, 190, 191, 197, 203, 235, 240, 283
Creamer, Robert, 329
Croke, William J. (president of Augusta Tourists), 69, 75, 80, 82, 97, 98, 99
Cronin, Joe, 23, 24
Cross, Monte, 154
Crowder, Enoch (Provost Marshal), 266
Crowe, Doc (“Six-Gun”), 157, 318
Cummings, Crawfish, 45
Cunningham, Elmer, 43
Cunningham, Joe, Ty Cobb’s childhood friend, 43, 50, 90, 93, 95, 136
Cutshaw, George, 134, 341
D
Dahlen, Bill, 184
Danforth, Cave, 362
Darden, J. B., 66
Daubert, Jake, 238, 280
Dauss, Hooks, 240, 247, 259, 307, 325, 326, 350, 361, 382
David, T. C., 274
Davis, Bungy, 141
Davis, Harry, 154, 189
De Catesby Ball, Phil, 229
De la Caridad Mendez, Jose, 200
De León, Ponce, 358
Delahanty, Frank, 142
Delahanty, Jim, 152
Dempsey, Jack (prize fighter), 292, 345, 394
Detroit Athletic Club, 164, 303
Detroit Baseball and Amusement Company, 118
Detroit Is My Own Home Town (Malcolm Bingay), 266
The Detroit Tigers (Fred Lieb), 61, 242, 272, 328
Devery, Bill, 16, 205
Didrikson, Babe, 407
Dilhoefer, Pickles, 345
DiMaggio, Joe, 6, 25, 86, 177, 192, 290, 399, 400, 414, 418
Dinneen, Bill, 209
Doak, Bill, 309, 345
Doby, Larry, 72
Dodge, Horace, 242
Dodge, John, 242, 266
Dolan, Cozy, 206, 317
Donahue, Jiggs, 110
Donlin, Mike (“Turkey”), 217
Donovan, Bill (“Wild Bill”), 76, 77, 132, 133, 144, 153, 155, 156, 164, 176, 347, 352, 356
Douglas, Phil (“Shuffling Phil”), 299, 317
Dowd, Snooks, 345
Doyle, Joe (“Slow Joe”), 156
Doyle, Larry, 217, 248–49
Drill, Lew, 104
Dubuc, Jean, 212
Dugan, Joe (“Jumping Joe”), 341, 390
Durant, William, 172
Dwyer, Frank (“Blinky”), 112, 195
Dyer, Braven, 39
Dygert, Jimmy, 153
Dykes, Jimmy, 267, 388, 398
E
Eastern League, 117, 347, 358, 398
Ebbets Field (Brooklyn, NY), 292
Eddie Foy and the Seven Little Foys, 217
Edison, Thomas A., 418
Ehmke, Howard, 307, 324, 326, 332, 341, 387
Eisenhower, Dwight David (“Ike,” U.S. president), 285
Elberfeld, Norman Arthur (“Kid”), 109, 135, 160
Eller, Hod, 280
Engel, George, 60
Engle, Clyde, 97, 99
Evans, Billy, 138, 151, 288, 296, 297, 328, 345, 357, 363
Evers, Johnny (“Crab”), 147, 148
F
Fairbanks, Douglas (actor), 255, 418
Falk, Chet, 362
Falkenberg, Cy, 171
Falls, Joe, 242
Farrell, Frank, 16, 205, 206
Farrell, Henry L., 383
Federal League, 216, 229, 231, 241, 247
Felsch, Oscar (“Hap”), 313, 314, 315, 316. See also “Black Sox” affair
Felts, Elbie, 9
Fenway Park (Boston, MA), 247
Finlayson, Pembroke, 345
Finneran, Happy, 272
Fisher, Carl, 265
Fitzgerald, John F. (“Honey Fitz”), 268
Fitzsimmons, Bob (prize fighter), 257
Flack, Max, 269, 345
Flagstead, Ira, 294, 298, 330
Fleischmann, Max, 9, 26
Fletcher, Art, 256, 257
Flick, Elmer, 135, 141
Flyer, Thomas, 167
Fonseca, Lou, 397
Ford, Henry, 102, 243, 354
Ford, Whitey, 269
Foster, Rube, 235
Fothergill, Bob (“Fatty”), 342, 393
Fowler, Gene, 344
Fox, Richard, 125
Foxx, Jimmie, 114, 192, 387, 388, 389
Foy, Eddie, 218
Frazee, Harry, 289
Frick, Ford, 23, 24
Fullerton, Hugh, 197
Fultz, Dave (BBPF president), 211
G
Gable, Clark, 24
Gailey, Harrison, Ty Cobb’s cousin, 322, 417
Gainor, Del (“Sheriff”), 177
Gallagher, Thomas (representative from Illinois), 221, 225, 226
Gallico, Paul, 95–6, 186
Gandil, Arnold (“Chick”), 232, 313. See also “Black Sox” affair
Garrity, Patsy, 345
Gaston, Milt, 362
Gedeon, Joe, 317
Gehrig, Lou, 114, 192, 215, 332, 389, 392, 393, 412
Gehrigh, Henry Louis, 358
Gehringer, Charlie, 114, 369, 419
George V (king of England), 395
Georgia Federation of Labor, 226
Gibson, George, 178, 179
Gibson, Sam, 393, 397
Gilmore, James (“Big Jim”), 229–30
Ginn, A. C., Ty Cobb’s uncle, 160, 178, 346
Ginn, Clifford, 93
“Give My Regards to Broadway” (song), 170
Glaser, Vaughn, 170
Gleason, Billy (“Kid”), 126, 299, 315, 319, 320
The Golden People (Paul Gallico), 95
Graham-White, Claude, 279
Grange, Red, 292
Grant, Charlie (“Charlie Tokahama”), 199–200
Grant, Eddie, 264, 267
Grant, George, 397
Grayson, Harry, 412
Greene, Doc, 239
Grey, Zane, 300
Griffin, Elmer M. (“Ticker-Tape”), 286, 404, 405, 406, 411, 419
Griffith, Clark (“Old Fox”), 102, 126, 142, 148, 231, 238, 239, 280, 363, 364, 384, 388
Griggs, Art, 279
Groh, Heinie, 280
Grove, Bob (“Lefty”), 294, 361, 387
H
Haas, Mule, 397
Hageman, Bert, 211
Hagen, Walter (golf champion), 408
Hahn, Archie, 110
Hahn, Eddie, 108
Hale, Harry (“Happy”), 88
Hale, Sammy, 390
Hall of Fame. See Baseball Hall of Fame
Haney, Fred, 341, 350, 369, 408, 420
Harding, Howard, 239, 382, 418
Harding, Warren Gamaliel (U.S. president), 355, 368
Harrison, Pat (U.S. senator), 386
Harmony Grove team, 45, 47
Harridge, William (American League president), 24
Harrigan, Tim, 195
Harris, William J. (U.S. senator), 386
Hartley, Slick, 388
Hartsell, Topsy, 142
Hartwick, Thomas (representative from Georgia), 221
Hastings, Charlie, 242
Hawks, Chicken, 345
Hayes, Thad (“Mobile Kid”), 62–3, 64, 65
Headin’ Home, 330
Hearst, William Randolph, 418
Heilmann, Harry (“Slug”), 114, 192, 250, 267, 272, 287, 294, 302, 320, 324, 325, 327, 328, 331, 332, 333, 334, 342, 352, 357, 361, 369, 389, 393, 412
Hemingway, Ernest, 138, 139, 418
Henry, Bill, 283
Herman, Floyd (“Babe”), 339
Hermann, Gary, 259, 402
Herzog, Charley (“Buck”), 17, 256, 257, 259
Heydler, John (National League president), 315
Hickman, Charley, 114, 115
Hickok, Wild Bill, 345
Higgenbotham, Ivy, 345
Hildebrand, George, 250, 289
Hillerich and Bradsby Company (makers of Louisville Slugger bats), 243
Hilltop Park (New York, NY), 205, 206, 207, 210, 211
/> Hitchcock, Tommy (poloist), 404
Hogg, Billy, 145
Holling, Carl, 342
“Home-Run Quickstep” (Civil War–era baseball song), 42
Hope, Bob, 135
Hornsby, Roger (“Rajah”), 25, 26, 114, 177, 192, 287, 296, 297, 337, 394, 400
How to Sprint (Dan Kelly), 37
Howe, Irwin, 343
Howell, Harry, 195, 196, 199
Hoyt, Waite, 294, 352
Huggins, Miller, 291, 318, 319, 358
Hughes, Charles Evans (U.S. Supreme Court justice), 383
Hughes, Tom (“Long Tom”), 145
Hunter, Jim (“Catfish”), 221
Huston, Colonel Tillinghast L’Hommedieu, 278
I
“I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles” (song), 186
Indianapolis “500,” 316
International League, 89, 243, 247, 267, 342
J
Jackson, Joseph Jefferson (“Shoeless Joe”), 23, 25, 104, 105, 114, 125, 192, 236, 237, 238, 241, 260, 287, 288, 291, 307, 313, 314, 315, 316, 371, 384. See also “Black Sox” affair
Jacobsen, Bill (“Baby Doll”), 345, 388, 392
Jeffries, Jim, 105
Jeffries, Judge Edward, 161
Jennings, Hugh Ambrose (“Eeee-yahhhh”), 372–73, 377
and Cobb, 140, 141, 148, 175, 186, 188, 202, 209, 241, 247, 248, 314
death of, 309
as manager of Tigers (and Cobb), 122, 139, 142, 144, 146, 149, 153, 161, 171, 173, 176, 180, 203, 206, 214, 237, 249, 250, 256, 260, 271, 272, 300, 302, 307, 308, 319, 324, 325
partnership in franchise, 243
trying to trade Cobb, 143, 145
Johns, Augustus (“Lefty”), 369
Johnson, Andrew (U.S. president), 37–8
Johnson, Byron Bancroft (“Ban,” American League president), 21, 23, 102, 106, 149, 168, 173, 197, 198, 199, 206–07, 208, 210, 225, 251, 267, 268, 311, 344, 345, 349, 357, 358, 371, 384, 387, 391, 412
Johnson, Hank, 398
Johnson, Jack, 141
Johnson, Steamboat, 335
Johnson, Syl, 335
Johnson, Walter Perry (“Big Train”), 150, 163, 222, 229, 231, 235, 242, 246, 247, 288, 294, 296, 345, 358, 363–64, 365, 374, 409, 413
Johnston, Wheeler (“Doc”), 235
Jolson, Al, 418
Jones, Bobby (amateur golfer), 187, 188, 189, 197, 322, 330, 406, 418
Jones, Davy (“Kangaroo”), 117, 118, 119, 123, 145, 161, 176, 180, 186, 224
Jones, Fielder, 102, 126, 135, 250, 320
Jones, Sam (“Sad Sam”), 294, 352
Joss, Adrian (“Addie”), 105, 111, 156, 163, 345
Judge, Joe, 345
K
Kaline, Al, 192
Kauff, Benny, 317
Keeler, Willie (“Wee Willie”), 41, 65, 85, 102, 135
Keener, Sid, 361
Kelly, Dan (American dashman), 37, 123
Kelsey, John, 131
Kieran, John, 343, 344
Killebrew, Harmon, 420