The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams
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11. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 159.
12. Boston Evening American, March 9, 1950.
13. Time files.
14. Johnson and Stout, Ted Williams, 108.
15. Hirshberg, What’s the Matter with the Red Sox?, 9 and 132–33.
16. Stout and Johnson, Red Sox Century, 276.
17. Golenbock, Fenway, 190.
18. Johnson and Stout, Ted Williams, 109.
19. Boston Evening American, May 12, 1950.
20. Stout and Johnson, Red Sox Century, 277.
21. Pope, Ted Williams, 62.
22. Boston Globe, June 20, 1950.
23. Boston Globe, June 26, 1950.
24. Linn, Hitter, 234.
25. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 167.
26. Golenbock, Fenway, 190.
27. Boston Daily Record, August 22, 1950.
28. Boston Daily Record, August 30, 1950.
29. Boston Daily Record, September 8, 1950.
30. Boston Globe, September 8, 1950.
31. Seidel, Ted Williams, 224.
32. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 169.
33. Harold Kaese notes, the Harold Kaese Collection of the Boston Public Library.
34. Johnson and Stout, Ted Williams, 113.
Chapter 12: Ted and Joe
1. New York Times, December 12, 1951.
2. Roy Blount Jr., “Legend: How DiMaggio Made It Look Easy,” in Okrent and Lewine, The Ultimate Baseball Book, 206.
3. Washington Post, July 6, 2002.
4. George Vecsey, “The Clipper and the Kid,” in Baseball Writers of the New York Times and the Boston Globe, The Rivals, 92.
5. Interview with Eddie Pellagrini, October 22, 2002.
6. Interview with Johnny Pesky, October 7, 2002.
7. Johnson and Stout, DiMaggio, 166.
8. Halberstam, Summer of ’49, 175.
9. Golenbock, Fenway, 243.
10. Associated Press, March 18, 1938.
11. Boston Herald, November 11, 1988.
12. Gay Talese, “The Silent Season of a Hero,” Esquire, July 1966.
13. Williams with Prime, Ted Williams’ Hit List, 77.
14. Boston Herald, November 11, 1988.
15. Halberstam, The Teammates, 48.
16. New York World Telegram, August 11, 1949.
17. Engelberg and Schneider, DiMaggio, 94.
18. Interview with Al Cassidy, October 9, 2002.
19. Interview with Dan Wheeler, February 3, 2005.
20. Interview with Jonathan Gallen, May 16, 2005.
21. Interview with Jerry Romolt, July 21, 2004.
22. Interview with David D’Alessandro, February 12, 2004.
23. Interview with David D’Alessandro, May 6, 2010.
24. Interview with Dr. Rock Positano, October 4, 2002.
25. Interview with Alex Sanders, September 29, 2004.
Chapter 13: Korea
1. Boston Evening American, December 21, 1951.
2. Boston Evening American, January 13, 1952.
3. Boston Evening American, October 22, 1951.
4. Interview with Dominic DiMaggio, October 2, 2002.
5. Boston Daily Record, January 11, 1952.
6. Ibid.
7. Boston Daily Record, January 12, 1952.
8. Giusti, “Mobilization of the Marine Corps Reserve,” 41.
9. Ibid., 42.
10. Interview with Maureen Cronin, May 27, 2003, and March 16, 2005.
11. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 174.
12. Interview with Ted Lepcio, August 20, 2003.
13. Courtesy of Claudia Williams.
14. Boston Globe, March 14, 1956.
15. Boston Globe, April 1, 1957.
16. Boston Record-American, April 2, 1957.
17. Ibid.
18. Associated Press, March 1, 1952.
19. Dillman, Hey Kid!, 60–62.
20. Interview with Danny Dillman, August 8, 2007.
21. Associated Press, February 8, 1954.
22. Joe Bastarache, a friend and neighbor of Evelyn Turner’s in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, made copies of the letters Ted wrote to Turner available to the author. Most were written from Korea.
23. Interview with Joe Bastarache, October 28, 2003.
24. Interview with Albert Christiano, March 14, 2006.
25. Turner’s manuscript was made available to the author by her guardian, Joe Bastarache.
26. New York Times and Boston Herald, April 3, 1952.
27. Boston Daily Record, May 1, 1952.
28. Cataneo, Peanuts and Crackerjack, 98.
29. Boston Herald, May 1, 1952.
30. Interview with Ken Wood, September 24, 2003.
31. Boston Traveler, May 1, 1952.
32. Interview with Raymond Sisk, July 6, 2004.
33. Interview with Bill Churchman, May 11, 2004.
34. Boston Globe, May 26, 1952.
35. Interview with Tom Ross, June 29, 2004.
36. Interview with Hoyle Barr, December 14, 2004.
37. Interview with Robert Ferris, December 9, 2004.
38. Interview with Irv Beck, July 8, 2004.
39. Letter from Ted Williams to Evelyn Turner, November 21, 1952.
40. Associated Press, March 26, 1953.
41. Miami Herald, December 27, 1952.
42. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 178.
43. Interview with Dick Francisco, December 21, 2004.
44. Sambito, “A History of Marine Attack Squadron 311,” 14 and 25.
45. Scripps Howard in the Boston Herald, June 28, 1953.
46. Glenn with Taylor, John Glenn, 131.
47. Interview with Marvin Hollenbeck, July 8, 2005.
48. Interview with Larry Hawkins, June 29, 2004.
49. David Truby interview with Ted Williams, June 28, 2006. (Truby interviewed Williams about the crash landing and his service in Korea for an August 2006 article in the aviation adventure magazine Flight Journal.)
50. Interview with Woody Woodbury, July 9, 2004.
51. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 180.
52. Interview with Frank Venzor, November 20, 2002.
53. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 181.
54. Interview with Robert Veazey, April 7, 2006.
55. Glenn with Taylor, John Glenn, 130.
56. Interview with John Glenn, October 25, 2004.
57. Interview with Edro Buchser, April 28, 2004.
58. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 183.
59. Ibid., 183 and 184.
60. Boston Herald, Boston Globe, and New York Times, July 15, 1953.
61. Washington Daily News, July 28, 1953.
62. Interview with George Sullivan, April 27, 2005.
Chapter 14: Transitions
1. Interview with John Murphy, May 11, 2004.
2. Boston Globe, August 10, 1953.
3. Boston Globe, August 13, 1953.
4. Boston Evening American, August 12, 1953.
5. Boston Evening American, August 17, 1953.
6. Boston Evening American, August 18, 1953.
7. Boston Globe, September 7, 1953.
8. Boston Globe, September 11, 1953.
9. From “You Take It, Dommie,” an undated paper written by Ted Williams as part of his campaign to get Dominic DiMaggio inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
10. American Weekly, August 23, 1953.
11. Interview with Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell, May 5, 2004.
12. Interview with Donald Soule, March 11, 2003.
13. Louise Kaufman interview by Ed Linn, 1991, made available to the author by Linn’s daughter, Hildy Linn Angius.
14. Interview with Evalyn Sterry, February 16, 2005.
15. Interview with Lynette Siman, January 8, 2003.
16. Underwood, It’s Only Me, 65–67.
17. Angell, Game Time, 382. (In an interview on October 25, 2005, Angell said that he ha
d sat on this nugget for seventeen years until after Ted died, and that even the Boston writers told him they were surprised by it.)
18. Interview with Eric Abel, August 10, 2005.
19. Interview with Johnny Lazor, November 1, 2002.
20. Interview with George Sullivan, September 14, 2005.
21. Interview with Eddie Pellagrini, October 22, 2002.
22. Interview with Paul Sonnabend, September 27, 2004.
23. Interview with Arthur D’Angelo, September 15, 2005.
24. Interview with Andy Giacobbe, August 22, 2005.
25. Boston Herald, April 17, 1957.
26. Interview with James Carroll, February 3, 2005.
27. Interview with Claudia Williams, May 3, 2004.
28. Interview with Steve Brown, November 12, 2004.
29. Interview with Salvador Herrera, November 2, 2005.
30. Interview with Jonathan Gallen, May 16, 2005.
31. Interview with Manuel Herrera, October 30, 2002.
32. Interview with Maureen Cronin, May 27, 2003.
33. Interview with Jim Vinick, May 18, 2004.
34. Interview with Jimmy Piersall, July 16, 2004.
35. Interview with Mark Ferrell, July 20, 2004.
36. Interview with Nelva More, September 12, 2005.
37. Interview with Nancy Barnard, April 14, 2006.
38. Interview with Marshall Gilmore, March 9, 2006.
39. Interview with Grant Gilmore, March 13, 2006.
Chapter 15: 1954–1956
1. Boston Globe, March 1, 1954.
2. Boston Globe, March 2, 1954.
3. Saturday Evening Post, April 10, 1954.
4. Boston Globe, April 7, 1954.
5. Johnson and Stout, Ted Williams, 131.
6. Interview with Curt Gowdy, October 24, 2002.
7. Kemmerer with Madden, Ted Williams, 51 and 52. Also Tom Meany, “The Feudal Champion,” Baseball Digest, November–December 1956.
8. Interview with Milt Bolling, August 13, 2003.
9. Interview with Billy Consolo, August 21, 2003.
10. Interview with Frank Malzone, August 19, 2003.
11. Ted Lepcio interview, Will McDonough 1967 interviews.
12. Interview with Billy Klaus, June 27, 2003.
13. Ted Lepcio interview, Will McDonough 1967 interviews.
14. Interview with Don Buddin, September 24, 2003.
15. Interview with Pete Daley, July 22, 2003.
16. Phalen, A Bittersweet Journey, 6.
17. Seidel, Ted Williams, 324.
18. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 191.
19. Boston Globe, August 13, 1954.
20. Boston Post, September 15, 1954.
21. This Week, July 13, 1958.
22. Boston Globe and Boston Herald, September 27, 1954.
23. Sport, June 1959.
24. Orange County Register, November 16, 2005.
25. Interview with Cornelius Hurley Jr., March 11, 2005.
26. Boston Globe, May 11, 1955.
27. Boston Globe, May 12, 1955.
28. New York Times, May 13, 1955.
29. Boston Globe, May 11, 1955.
30. Official Major League Baseball contracts on file with the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
31. Unpublished Ted Williams interview by Ed Linn, 1991, made available to the author by Linn’s daughter, Hildy Linn Angius.
32. Interview with Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell, May 5, 2004.
33. Williams with Pietrusza, Ted Williams: My Life in Pictures, 104.
34. Boston Globe, June 19, 1956, as cited in Seidel, Ted Williams, 280.
35. Interview with Mickey Vernon, October 17, 2002.
36. Boston Herald, July 21, 1956.
37. Ibid.
38. Cramer, “What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?”
39. Boston Globe, August 8, 1956.
40. Seidel, Ted Williams, 281.
41. Boston Globe, August 8, 1956.
42. Ibid.
43. Boston Daily Record, August 9, 1956.
44. Boston Evening American, August 9, 1956.
45. Sports Illustrated, August 1, 1955.
46. Time files.
47. Boston Globe, August 9, 1956.
48. Boston Globe, August 10, 1956.
49. Lowell Sun, August 11, 1956.
50. Linn, The Great Rivalry, 246.
51. Seidel, Ted Williams, 288.
Chapter 16: Late Innings
1. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 197.
2. Ibid., 198.
3. Boston Traveler, May 24, 1957.
4. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 198 and 199.
5. Boston Globe, July 11, 1957.
6. Sport, June 1958.
7. Boston Globe, August 1, 1957.
8. Linn, Hitter, 292.
9. Ibid.
10. Associated Press, September 17, 1957.
11. Associated Press, November 22, 1957.
12. Stout and Johnson, Red Sox Century, 289.
13. Boston Globe, September 30, 1957.
14. Look, July 23, 1957.
15. Johnson and Stout, Ted Williams, 148 and 149.
16. Boston Evening American, February 7, 1958.
17. Ibid.
18. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 206.
19. Williams with Pietrusza, Ted Williams: My Life in Pictures, 124.
20. Boston Globe, May 13, 1988.
21. Associated Press, September 21, 1958, and Boston Globe, September 22, 1958.
22. Washington Post, September 29, 1958.
23. Boston Globe, March 24, 1959.
24. Boston Globe, March 8, 1959.
25. Interview with Dorothy Lindia, January 23, 2003.
26. Hirshberg, What’s the Matter with the Red Sox?, 143.
27. Interview with Pumpsie Green, July 16, 2004.
28. Linn, Hitter, 324.
29. Boston Globe, June 14, 1959.
30. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 207.
31. Linn, Hitter, 326.
32. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 207 and 208.
33. Yastrzemski and Eskenazi, Yaz, 57.
34. Interview with John Harrington, May 21, 2003.
35. Boston Globe, March 8, 1960.
36. Boston Daily Record, April 28, 1960.
37. New York Post, March 25, 1960.
38. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 31 and 32.
39. Associated Press, April 18, 1960.
40. Associated Press, April 26, 1960.
41. Associated Press, May 31, 1960.
42. Linn, Hitter, 317.
43. Boston Globe, July 4, 1960.
44. Boston Daily Record, August 11, 1960.
45. Boston Globe, August 12, 1960.
46. Sporting News, June 29, 1960.
47. Sport, February 1961.
Chapter 17: Last Ups
1. Boston Traveler, September 26, 1960, and Boston Herald, September 27, 1960.
2. Linn, Hitter, 11 and 12.
3. Prime and Nowlin, Ted Williams, 175–76.
4. Providence Evening Bulletin, September 29, 1960.
5. Ibid.
6. Interview with Curt Gowdy, October 24, 2002.
7. Boston Daily Record, September 28, 1960, as cited in Montville, Ted Williams, 228.
8. Boston Globe, September 28, 2008.
9. Golenbock, Fenway, 241.
10. The New Yorker, October 22, 1960.
11. Boston Herald, September 29, 1960.
12. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 215.
13. Interview with Jack Fisher, April 9, 2004.
14. Sport, February 1961.
15. Interview with Jim Pagliaroni, August 19, 2003.
16. Interview with Pumpsie Green, May 16, 2011.
17. Interview with Don Gile, May 16, 2011.
18. Interview with Lee Howard, October 10, 2002. (Howard died on August 31, 2001. She was eighty-eight.)
19. Providenc
e Evening Bulletin, September 29, 1960.
20. Sport, February 1961.
21. Prime and Nowlin, Ted Williams, 176.
22. Interview with Jack Fisher, April 9, 2004.
23. Letter from John Updike to Ted Williams, May 8, 1982, made available to the author by Claudia Williams.
Chapter 18: Kindness
1. Prime and Nowlin, Ted Williams, 131.
2. Boston Globe, November 11, 1988.
3. Linn, Hitter, 269.
4. Interview with Don Nicoll, May 2, 2005.
5. Wisnia, The Jimmy Fund of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 10.
6. Ibid., 7.
7. Interview with Ernest Cioffi, September 24, 2005.
8. Interview with Mike Andrews, October 4, 2004.
9. Interview with Saul Wisnia, February 25, 2005.
10. Linn, Hitter, 277.
11. Boston Evening American, January 10, 1958.
12. Boston Evening American, September 27, 1951.
13. Boston Globe, May 20, 1957.
14. Time files.
15. Boston Globe, September 6, 1964.
16. Golenbock, Fenway, 128.
17. Prime and Nowlin, Ted Williams, 132.
18. Linn, Hitter, 273.
19. Shaughnessy, At Fenway, 211.
Chapter 19: Real Life
1. Johnson and Stout, Ted Williams, 175.
2. Williams with Underwood, My Turn at Bat, 217–18.
3. Williams with Pietrusza, Ted Williams: My Life in Pictures, 41.
4. Sport, September 1951.
5. New York Times, September 30, 1960.
6. Interview with Karl Smith, October 26, 2005.
7. Interview with Butch Buchholz, May 6, 2004.
8. Interview with Jack Twyman, June 10, 2004.
9. From “My Friend Ted Williams”—nine pages of reflections by Carl Lind on his time with Williams, provided to the author by Lind.
10. Interview with Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell, May 5, 2004.
11. Interview with Lee Howard, October 10, 2002.
12. Boston Herald, Boston Traveler, and Boston Record-American, March 3, 1961.
13. Hoover High Cardinal, April 13, 1966.
14. Interview with Al Cassidy, October 9, 2002.
15. Charles Zarrell email to the author, August 7, 2013.
16. Interview with Don Brown, August 21, 2003.
17. Boston Globe, July 4, 1965.
18. Interview with Al Palmieri, May 7, 2004.
19. Interview with Joe Camacho, June 4, 2004.
20. Interview with Jimmy Camacho, August 10, 2004.
21. Letter to the Boston Globe, July 22, 2002.
22. Interview with Al Cassidy, October 9, 2002.
23. Linn, Hitter, 275.
24. Interview with Stu Apte, November 7, 2005.
25. Interview with Jordan Ramin, September 27, 2004.
26. Interview with Dolores Wettach, September 28, 2008.