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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
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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
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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
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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