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Cobb

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by Al Stump

Killian, Ed (“Twilight”), 115, 126, 128, 135, 155

  King, Oswin K. (“Jake”), 257

  Kleinow, Red, 108, 109

  Klem, Bill, 196

  Kling, John (“Noisy”), 165, 166

  Klugman, Joe, 363

  Kluszewski, Ted, 420

  Knabe, Otto, 229

  Koenig, Mark, 398

  Krause, Harry, 173

  Kreisler, Fritz, 390

  L

  Lajoie, Napoleon (“Big Frenchy”), 23, 41, 47, 50, 102, 114, 141, 126, 135, 156, 192, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 214, 251, 299, 327, 343

  Landis, Judge Kenesaw Mountain (commissioner of baseball), 21, 318, 337, 338, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 381, 384, 386, 387, 409

  Lane, Frank C., 236, 237, 253

  Lange, Frank, 202

  Langford, Sam, 141

  LaPorte, Frank, 130

  Lapp, Jack, 236

  Lardner, Ring, 31, 186, 187, 344, 418

  Lazzeri, Tony, 332, 392

  League Park (Cleveland, OH), 171, 172

  Lee, Robert E. (Civil War general), 37

  Leidy, George (“Dad”), 83, 84, 85–6, 87, 88, 89, 90, 97, 98, 99, 109

  Leifield, Lefty, 178

  Leonard, Hubert Benjamin (“Hub,” “Dutch”), 21, 213, 307, 325, 326, 328, 332, 340, 349, 364, 367, 370, 371, 372, 374, 377, 378, 380, 384

  Lewis, Carl, 167

  Lewis, Joe E., 14

  Lieb, Fred, 61, 178, 237, 254, 272, 328, 342, 343, 344, 345, 353

  Lindsay, Pinky, 76, 104, 108, 145

  Little, Colonel W. R., 38

  Livingston, Paddy, 168

  Lloyd, John (“Pop”), 200

  Lombard, Roswell, Ty Cobb’s father-in-law, 160, 167

  Los Angeles Angels (later California Angels), 350

  Los Angeles Dodgers, 183

  Louden, Baldy, 191

  Louisville Slugger bats, 123, 163, 227, 343

  Lowdermilk, Grover Cleveland, 235, 345

  Lowe, Bobby (“Link”), 76, 104, 112, 114, 115, 137

  Lueker, Claude, 206, 207, 210, 224

  Lumley, Harry, 99

  Lyons, Ted, 356

  M

  McAleer, Jimmy, 134

  MacArthur, Douglas (U.S. general), 39, 138, 252, 271, 277, 415–16

  McCallum, John D., 412

  McCarty, Lew, 257

  McCreary, Bob, 37, 44–5, 46–7, 73, 134

  McCreary, Dr. H. F., 93, 94

  McGann, Dan, 128

  McGill, Ralph, 254

  McGraw, John (“Little Napoleon,” “Muggsy”), 16, 21, 41, 102, 139, 165, 187, 199, 200, 217, 255, 256, 257, 258, 276, 280, 317, 321, 325, 375, 384, 395

  McGugin, Dan, 167

  McGuire, Deacon Jim, 209

  McInnis, Stuffy, 209, 273, 374

  McIntyre, Matty (“Big”), 108, 111, 114, 115, 118, 119, 123, 124, 126, 130, 132, 140, 143, 186, 189, 190, 191, 197

  Mack, Connie (Cornelius McGillicuddy), 28, 124, 141–42, 153, 154, 155, 168, 169, 173, 174, 192, 209, 260, 273, 300, 307, 330, 354, 384, 386, 387, 390, 393, 395, 396, 398, 404, 412, 418

  McKisson, R. E., 181

  McLaren, Beverly (nee Cobb), Ty Cobb’s daughter, 419

  MacLeod, Elsie, 255

  McMahon, Tom, 133

  MacManamy, Sue, 218

  McMillan, Mike, 57–8, 60, 61

  McMullin, Fred, 313. See also “Black Sox” affair

  McNey, Bill (race driver), 228

  MacPhail, Larry, 284

  McRoy, Bob, 197

  Made in Detroit (Stark and Beasley), 232

  Maharg, Billy (prize fighter), 209, 313

  Maines, George, 415

  Mann, Les, 269

  Mantle, Mickey, 114, 192

  Manush, Henry (“Heinie”), 347–48, 349, 369, 389

  Maranville, Rabbit, 267

  Marion (Ohio) Base Ball Club, 368

  Marquard, Rube, 217, 294

  Marquis, Don, 26

  Mathewson, Christy (“Big Six”), 23, 84, 128, 187, 216, 217, 222, 242, 244, 258, 259, 271, 276, 409

  Mathewson, Nick, 128

  Maxwell, Tiny, 324

  Mays, Carl (“Killer”), 247, 293, 307, 310, 311, 312–13, 350, 351

  Mays, Willie, 114, 177, 192, 283

  Mercer, Win, 128

  Meusel, Bob, 289, 293, 332, 352, 356, 357, 392, 393

  Middleton, Jim, 332

  Milan, Clyde (“Deerfoot”), 232, 238, 273

  Miles, John, 193

  Miller, Bill, 15

  Miner, Jack, 260–61, 348

  Mintz, Jake, 172

  Moran, Pat, 280

  Morehouse, Ward, 255

  Morgan, Cy, 173, 213, 305

  Moriarty, George, 179, 204, 250

  Morton, Guy, 351

  Moss, Dr. Sam, 39

  Mullin, George, 128, 145, 146, 147, 155, 166, 176, 180, 229

  Mullin, Mickey (“Doc”), 229

  Mulrennan, Dominick, 345

  Murfin, James O., 240

  Murphy Maulers, 44

  Murphy, Danny, 151

  Musial, Stan, 114, 414

  My Life in Baseball: The True Record (Ty Cobb), 124, 231, 319–20, 323, 401, 418

  My 66 Years in the Big Leagues (Connie Mack), 393

  My War with Baseball (Roger Hornsby), 297

  N

  Nash, Ogden, 418

  National Baseball Museum, 409

  National Baseball Commission, 156, 196, 208, 211, 225, 268, 309

  National League, 102, 143, 155, 157, 165, 176, 177, 193, 194, 221, 224, 229, 248, 266, 267, 280, 289, 294, 398

  Navin Field (Detroit, MI), 203, 211, 222, 226, 235, 240, 259, 288, 295, 297, 303, 325, 326–27, 333, 342, 347–48, 352, 363, 372

  Navin, Frank J., 21, 122, 141, 158, 170, 197, 199, 208, 223, 256, 320, 335, 350, 352, 381, 382, 384

  and “Black Hand” letters, 171, 210

  and Cobb, 76–7, 97, 99, 106–07, 112, 116, 118, 121, 133, 150, 155, 156, 186, 188, 189, 221, 224, 227, 231, 241, 243, 270, 280, 298, 302, 303, 306, 317, 319, 321, 332, 354, 359, 366, 369–70

  as co-owner of Tigers, 403

  covering for Cobb, 129, 172, 181, 226

  creating Navin Field, 162, 203

  faking turnstyle count, 16, 323

  gambling of, 106, 149, 353

  hires “Sheriff” Crowe, 318

  and Jennings, 300, 308, 319

  managing the Tigers, 115, 117, 126, 139, 162, 210, 232, 238, 240, 250, 279, 293, 299, 300, 307, 340, 341, 353, 358

  and Bill Yawkey, 281

  Neun, Johnny, 353

  New York Baseball Writers Association, 415

  New York Giants, 23, 85, 165, 183, 196, 200, 256, 257, 280, 309, 314, 325, 326, 330, 349, 375, 384, 395

  New York Mets, 263–64

  New York Yankees (also known as Highlanders), 16, 73, 105, 126, 131, 142, 171, 205–06, 215, 221, 230, 231, 247, 263, 272, 278, 289, 293, 295, 305, 309, 311, 329, 330, 332, 338, 340, 341, 343, 354, 355, 356, 357, 359, 361, 370, 371, 388, 391, 392, 396, 399, 403

  Night baseball, 284

  Nightingale, Florence, 21

  Nill, Rabbit, 147

  1919 World Series, 186, 235, 299, 313, 317, 318. See also “Black Sox” affair

  Northen, Hub, 196

  Norworth, John, (composer), 217

  O

  O’Connell, Jimmy, 317

  O’Connor, Jack (“Peach Pie”), 195, 196, 197, 199

  O’Doul, Frank (“Lefty”), 53, 86, 192, 299, 342, 395–96, 410, 412

  O’Leary, Charlie, 104, 112, 145

  O’Loughlin, Silk, 108, 146, 154, 206, 207

  O’Neill, Tip, 233

  Oakes, Rebel, 241

  Oldfield, Barney (“Fastest Man Alive”), 131, 199

  Oldham, Red, 329

  Oldring, Rube, 142

  Olds, Ransom E., 242

  Olympic Games, 40, 167, 316, 415

  One Touch of Nature, 255

  Oriental Park and Jockey Club, 317

  Ormsby, Emmett (“Red”), 391

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sp; Overall, Orvie, 157, 166

  “Over There,” 270

  Owens, Brick, 228

  P

  Pacific Coast League, 99, 250, 283, 300, 305, 335, 364, 403, 410

  Pacific Coast Winter League (PCWL), 299, 300

  Packard, James W., 102, 242

  Paderewski, Ignace (pianist), 251

  Paige, Satchel, 72

  Parish, E. V., 196

  Patton, George (U.S. general), 39

  Paulette, Eugene, 317

  Payne, Freddie, 119

  Pearson, Albie, 420

  Pegler, Westbrook, 175, 389

  Pemberton, John S., 284

  Pennock, Herb, 267, 294, 352

  Pepper, George Wharton (U.S. senator), 386

  Perkins, Cy, 272

  Perrine, Bull, 209

  Perry, Scott, 272

  Pershing, John J. (U.S. general), 257

  Pezzolo (or Pezzullo), Francesco Stephano. See Bodie, Ping

  Pfeffer, Fred, 50

  Pfeffer, Jefferson, 345

  Pfiester, Jack 157

  Pfirman, Charles (Cy), 290

  Phelon, Bill, 157, 344

  Philadelphia Athletics, 104, 105, 124, 141, 153, 154, 168, 169, 171, 173, 175, 176, 189, 190, 192, 209, 210, 236, 249, 307, 326, 349, 385, 387, 388, 391, 392, 396

  Picinich, Val, 345

  Pillette, Herman, 335, 342

  Pinelli, Babe, 307

  Pipp, Wally, 267, 289, 293, 307, 338, 352

  Pitching in a Pinch (Christy Mathewson), 244

  Pittsburgh Pirates (“Bucs”), 172, 177, 178, 180, 365

  Plank, Eddie, 23, 153, 156, 173, 175, 229

  Polo Grounds (New York, NY), 84, 294, 310, 312, 329, 343

  Powell, Jack, 109

  Pratt, Del, 350

  Providence Grays, 247

  Q

  Quinn, John Picus, 387

  R

  Rath, Maury, 315

  Raymond, Bugs, 217

  Redlands Park (Cincinnati, OH), 402

  Reese, Jimmie (Jimmy), 296, 358

  Reeves, Alex, 199

  Reserve clause, baseball, 220, 221, 253, 280, 364, 413

  Reulbach, Ed (“Big Ed”), 157, 165

  Reuther, Dutch, 364

  Rhoades, Bob (“Dusty”), 130

  Rice, Grantland, 19, 46, 55–6, 57, 62, 67, 159, 215–16, 222, 230, 255, 258, 305, 311, 312, 339, 344, 412, 418

  Rice, Sam, 267

  Rickenbacker, Eddie (World War I air ace), 354

  Rickey, Branch, 227, 271, 276

  Ridgewell, George, 255

  Rigney, Topper, 341

  Risberg, Swede, 313, 375. See also “Black Sox” affair

  Rizzuto, Phil, 414

  Robertson, Charley, 341

  Robinson, Jackie, 72

  Rockne, Knute, 418

  Rogers, Will, 217, 384, 418

  Rommel, Eddie, 387

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (U. S. president), 284

  Roosevelt, Theodore (U. S. president), 418

  Rosburg, Bob (golf pro), 407

  Ross, Lillian, 139

  Rossman, Claude, 140, 154

  Roth, Andy, 68, 69, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 88

  Rothstein, Arnold, 258, 313, 314, 316. See also “Black Sox” affair

  Roush, Edd, 259, 280

  Rowland, Clarence (“Pants”), 274, 319, 320, 363

  Royston Reds (“Nosebleed Reds”), 42, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 66, 71, 119, 181

  Royston Rompers, 42, 44, 45

  Rucker, George Napoleon (“Nap”), 62, 80–1, 420

  Ruel, Muddy, 62, 281–82, 335, 364, 413

  Runyon, Damon, 277, 321, 344, 355, 418

  Ruppert, Jacob, 278, 338

  Ruth, George Herman (“Babe”), 24, 27, 96, 114, 192, 215, 260, 281, 283, 292, 297, 307, 309, 332, 337, 339, 342, 344, 349, 362, 394, 397–98, 399, 400

  All-Stars of, 338

  and Boston Red Sox, 247, 269, 287

  and cancer, 26

  and Cobb, 28, 142, 288, 296, 312, 329–30, 350, 356–57, 358, 359, 383

  death of, 412, 420

  fined, 290

  and golf, 407–08

  in Hall of Fame, 177, 409

  and home runs, 288, 289, 293, 294, 295, 299, 309, 318, 329, 352, 355, 398

  illness of, 365

  marriage of, 159

  and New York Yankees, 230, 288, 291, 318–19, 361, 385, 389, 391, 392

  overweight, 291, 337

  and Providence Grays, 247

  and “Ruth Cup,” 408

  Ruth, George Herman, Babe Ruth’s father, 92

  Ruth, Claire (nee Hodgson), Babe Ruth’s wife, 159, 163

  Ryan, Tommy, 149

  S

  Sallee, Slim, 280

  Sally League. See South Atlantic League

  Salsinger, Harry, 97, 111, 114, 169, 222, 241, 290, 308, 328, 361

  San Francisco Seals, 299, 300, 322, 335, 403

  Schaefer, Herman (“Germany”), 76, 77, 104, 108, 110, 112, 114, 115, 121, 130, 145, 149, 156

  Schalk, Ray, 420

  Schang, Wally, 329, 338

  Schmidt, Charlie (“Boss”), 126, 141, 142, 144, 157, 197

  Schreckengost, Ossie (“Schreck”), 154, 345

  Scientific Baseball (Fred Pfeffer), 50

  Scott, Everett, 273, 341, 348, 353

  Seeley, Blossom, 217

  Sewell, Joe (“Wheeler Joe”), 201

  Sewell, Luke, 392, 397

  Seybold, Ralph (“Socks”), 135, 142, 287

  Seymour, Harold, 117, 161, 316

  Sharpe, Sir Isaac, 401

  Shaver, Bud, 328

  Shawkey, Bob, 293, 307, 331, 338, 354

  Sher, Jack, 191

  Sherman, William Tecumseh (U.S. general), 30

  Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA), 173, 174, 208, 209, 236, 351, 391, 395, 396

  Shibe, Benjamin (president of Philadelphia Athletics), 175

  Shipke, Billy, 152

  Shocker, Urban, 398

  Shor, Bobby, 418

  Shore, Ernie, 185, 249, 267

  Siever, Ed, 118, 126, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 140, 155

  Simmons, Al, 114, 192, 387, 389, 393

  Sinclair, Harry, 229, 230

  Sisler, George, 28, 114, 192, 232, 259, 276, 287, 288, 307, 340, 341, 343, 389, 393

  slackerism, in World War I, 262, 264, 265, 266

  Smith, Frank, 164

  Smith, Hoke (governor of Georgia and U.S. senator), 162, 220, 221, 225, 226, 238, 386, 383–84

  Smith, John W. (mayor of Detroit), 354

  Somewhere in Georgia, 255

  South Atlantic League (“Sally League”), 51, 52, 60, 62, 68, 69, 80, 82, 83, 90, 98, 103, 105, 108, 134

  Southeastern League, 65, 66

  Southern League of Colored Base Ballists, 161

  Southern League, 50–51, 62

  Spanish–American War, 164, 403

  Spayer, Ed, 188

  Speaker, Tristram (“Texas Tris,” “Grey Eagle”), 21, 23, 25, 114, 138, 192, 214, 215, 236, 238, 241, 242, 251, 252, 259, 287, 318, 320, 321, 324, 330, 340, 343, 363, 370, 371, 372, 374, 378, 380, 381, 389, 393, 394, 396, 412

  Spencer, Tubby, 279

  Spink, Alfred, 125

  Spink, J. G. Taylor, 190

  “Square Sox,” 315. See also “Black Sox” affair

  SS President Jefferson, 400

  St. Louis Browns, 96, 132, 134, 160, 196, 232, 286, 289, 341, 362, 389

  St. Louis Cardinals, 290, 398, 399

  Stahl, Chick, 128

  Stahl, Jake, 134, 135, 187, 320

  Stain of Guilt, 217

  Stallings, George Tweedy, 112, 242, 252

  Stanage, Oscar, 307

  Stansfield, George, 170, 171, 172, 181

  Stark, George W., 232

  Steinfeldt, Harry, 165–66

  Stengel, Charles Dillon (“Casey,” “Old Perfesser”), 27, 183–84, 185, 193, 255, 263, 264, 269, 290, 308, 326, 397, 399

  Stengel, Edna, Casey Stengel’s wife, 184
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  Stone, George (“Socker”), 132, 135

  Stoneham, Charles, 317

  Stoneham, Horace, 24

  Stoner, Lil, 342, 369

  Stovall, Jesse, 77

  Strouthers, Cornelius (“Con”), 51, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 68, 84

  Study of Monopoly Power, House of Representatives Subcommittee, 413

  Stump, Al:

  caring for Cobb in final months, 12

  with Cobb, in Atherton, CA, 18, 26, 418

  with Cobb, at cemetery in Royston, GA, 22

  with Cobb, at Lake Tahoe Lodge, 6–12, 419

  with Cobb, at Stump’s home, 25–26

  with Cobb, on trip to Reno, 6, 8, 10–15

  interview with Sam Crawford, 161–62

  suicides of baseball players, 127–28

  Sullivan, Joe (“Sport”), 313, 314

  Sullivan, Prescott, 169

  Sultan of Sulu, 217

  Sunbeam Motion Picture Company, 254–55

  T

  Taft, William Howard (U.S. president), 355

  “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” (song), 217

  Tammany Hall, 205, 404

  Tannehill, Jesse, 145

  Tennessee–Alabama–Southeast League, 56

  Terry, Bill, 192

  “They Don’t Play Baseball Any More” (Ty Cobb), 414

  Thomas, Frosty, 76

  Thompson, Sam, 118

  Thorpe, Jim, 257

  Tilden, Bill (U.S. tennis champion), 405

  Tinker, Joe, 147, 148, 165, 229, 412

  Todt, Phil, 388

  Topping, Dan, 24, 263

  Travers, Aloysius, 209

  Trevor, George, 195

  The Tumult and the Shouting (Grantland Rice), 46, 312

  Tunney, Gene, (U.S. boxer), 394

  Tuthill, Harry, 174, 188

  Twain, Mark, 418

  Tyr (Norse God), 32

  U

  U. S. Congress, 135, 210, 221, 225, 226, 232, 252, 386, 413

  Uncle Ezra, W. H. Cobb’s black foreman, 40

  Uniform Players’ Contract, 211

  “Union Ball Club March” (Civil War–era baseball song), 42

  United Motors (later General Motors), 23

  USS Detroit, 164

  V

  Vangilder, Elam, 345, 362

  Veach, Bobby (“Kentucky Rifle”), 189, 190, 250, 297, 298, 305, 308, 322, 324, 325, 327–28, 330, 332

  Vila, Joe, 199, 200

  Villa, Pancho, 257

  Vitt, Oscar, 250

  Vogel, Horace, 173

  Volstead Act, 338

  W

  Waddell, George Edward (“Rube”), 41, 102, 105, 148, 153, 154, 163, 217

  Wagner, Charles (“Heinie”), 114, 156, 171, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 192, 214, 227, 339, 393, 400, 409, 412

  Wagner, John Peter Honus (“Hans,” the “Flying Dutchman”), 41, 84, 96, 102, 135, 136, 176, 224, 251, 253, 352

  Walberg, Rube, 387

  Walker, Reverend Thomas, 162

  Walker, Tillie, 269

  Wallace, Bobby, 196, 199

  Walsh, Edward Augustin (“Big Ed”), 163, 164, 187, 202

 

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