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88 “brought about disaster”: CCG, May 3, 1883.
88 “same player who ran into Powers”: CE, May 3, 1883.
88 “This young man”: CCG, May 4, 1883.
88 died of a crippling rheumatoid condition: Nemec 1, 91–92.
88 “anything else but a sick man”: CE, May 4, 1883.
89 “buzzing of the championship bee”: Ibid.
89 “citizens with a brass band”: CE, May 6, 1883.
89 “a statement as vicious”: SLGD, April 29, 1883.
90 “not been enjoying his usual”: Ibid.
90 “full on the side of the head”: MR, April 21, 1883.
90 “He staggered and fell”: Ibid.
90 “unwarranted by the circumstances”: MR, May 6, 1883.
90 “It is hoped”: Ibid.
90 “made preparation to start”: Ibid.
90 “Sullivan was happy last night”: OSJ, May 7, 1883.
91 “watching matters more closely”: MR, May 12, 1883.
91 “permanently crippled”: NYC, December 30, 1882.
91 “could not do himself justice”: SLGD, May 19, 1883.
91 “Being a little angry”: Sullivan, 238.
91 “All right, Ted”: Ibid.
92 “never went to sleep”: Axelson, 103.
92 “aggressiveness and fearless spirit”: Sullivan, 239.
92 “mashing two fingers”: LC, May 14, 1883.
92 “It sounded like a drum”: MR, May 25, 1883.
93 “poor fellow uttered a groan”: SLGD, May 25, 1883.
93 “desire to cripple any man”: LCJ, May 27, 1883.
93 “get his neck broken”: SLGD, July 24, 1883.
93 “didn’t dodge worth a cent”: Ibid.
93 “huge sheet of green velvet”: MR, May 7, 1883.
93 “well worth the price”: SLGD, May 17, 1883.
94 “a little humiliating”: MR, May 25, 1883.
94 “canopy with a base ball design”: MR, May 27, 1883.
94 “swayed perceptibly”: MR, May 29, 1883.
94 “dollars to doughnuts”: SLGD, May 29, 1883.
94 called in German-born Edmund Jungenfeld: SLGD, June 12, 1883.
95 box of expensive cigars: Ibid.
96 “came in from the field”: PHIP, June 8, 1883.
97 “toughest and roughest gang”: SL, June 17, 1883.
97 “sunburned and warrior-like”: SLGD, June 17, 1883.
98 “offered fabulous sums”: MR, May 25, 1883.
98 “went away empty-handed”: MR, June 30, 1883.
98 “big around as a bean pole”: SN, July 27, 1887.
Chapter 7: The $300 Special
99 “huddled like kittens”: SLGD, June 18, 1883.
100 “practice in the laundry”: MR, June 18, 1883.
100 “vigorously hissed”: SLGD, June 18, 1883.
101 “One of the objects of the uniform”: MR, June 18, 1883.
101 “Nicol started for it”: SLGD, June 18, 1883.
101 “so blanked stingy”: Ibid.
102 “just as Roseman came”: SLGD, June 19, 1883.
102 “Stone-wall Sandwiches”: MR, June 20, 1883.
102 “all anxious and willing”: MR, June 21, 1883.
102 “sown in clover”: MR, June 20, 1883.
102 “sight was like”: SLGD, June 19, 1883.
102 “so forgot their humanity”: MR, June 20, 1883.
103 this was no ordinary note: DEN, June 26, 1882.
104 “The only way to secure competent men”: CE, October 27, 1882.
104 blue flannel, double-breasted jacket: SLGD, March 13, 1883.
104 “He only needs a whisk”: MR, May 16, 1883.
105 “Ball players are up to constant tricks”: SL, August 6, 1884.
105 “nine beautiful young ladies”: SN, June 7, 1886.
106 “driver’s lips were badly cut”: SLGD, June 14, 1883.
106 “seems to be a b-a-d man”: CCG, July 2, 1883.
106 “Mother, may I slug the umpire?”: CT, August 15, 1886.
106 “Goaded by uncalled for”: SL, May 7, 1884.
107 “drove the side of his face in”: BG, July 10, 1883.
107 “best umpire in the country”: LC, July 6, 1883.
107 one of the best umpires ever: CCG, September 20, 1883.
107 “really refreshing to see Kelly”: OSJ, September 28, 1883.
107 “most painful lack of breeding”: PD, June 5, 1883.
107 “scattered in small fragments”: MR, May 17, 1883.
108 “coolly stopped the game”: BG, May 20, 1883.
108 “I can candidly assert”: MR, May 14, 1883.
108 “uncertain skies were watched”: MR, June 29, 1883.
109 “everything at Von der Ahe’s expense”: Quoted in MR, September 14, 1883.
109 “the same old ‘Brad’”: MR, June 29, 1883.
109 “a very cordial reception”: NYC, July 7, 1883.
109 Athletics’ exhibition games: PHIP, June 29, 1883.
109 “virtually a battle”: MR, June 29, 1883.
110 “perfect storm of hisses”: NYC, July 7, 1883.
110 “hung onto the bag”: SLGD, June 29, 1883.
110 “cursed the umpire”: Ibid.
110 “crepe all over the city”: PI, July 1, 1883.
110 “baseball caldron was boiling”: SLGD, June 30, 1883.
110 “break up the American Association”: Ibid.
111 St. Louis intended to jump: DEN, June 26, 1883.
111 “atmosphere of glee”: SLGD, June 30, 1883.
111 “All went merrily”: Ibid.
112 “Bring Daniels on”: Sullivan, 204–206.
112 “Kelly was all right”: Ibid., 205.
112 “solid amphitheater of humanity”: MR, July 2, 1883.
113 “stout, fleshy man”: MR, July 3, 1883.
Chapter 8: Base Ball Mad
116 “seems to be base ball mad!”: BG, August 19, 1883.
116 “tendency to run to extremes”: LC, July 16, 1883.
117 “Think how grieved”: SL, December 31, 1884.
117 care of a doctor: CCG, June 19, 1883.
117 “looked like a young lake”: Ibid.
117 “This nerved us”: PI, June 24, 1883.
118 “wipe out the disgrace”: Ibid.
118 Cub Stricker had a strange dream: Ibid.
119 “howled themselves hoarse”: CCG, June 21, 1883.
119 “fever is growing”: CE, June 24, 1883.
119 “walked up to their bat bag”: CCG, June 21, 1883.
120 “sent in the balls”: CE, June 22, 1883.
120 “came out to smell”: CCG, June 22, 1883.
120 hire a “cheap boy”: CE, June 24, 1883.
120 “We are alive”: PI, June 24, 1883.
121 “boss Hades on earth”: PI, July 8, 1883.
121 he had freakishly collided: Nemec 1, 265.
121 “threw off his silk hat”: PI, July 8, 1883.
122 “nineteen grease spots”: Ibid.
122 “I can assure you”: Ibid.
123 “It was pure carelessness”: CCG, July 1, 1883.
123 “His only excuse”: CG, July 5, 1883.
124 “mistake cost three runs”: CG, July 1, 1883.
124 “If any one thinks”: CCG, July 5, 1883.
124 “We do not intend”: CCG, July 2, 1883.
125 “holy terror of ‘Tricky Tony’”: Palmer 2, 65.
125 death of President James Garfield: quoted in BG, July 20, 1883.
126 “Pete is not as stupid”: Palmer 2, 65–66.
126 noticed that Big Dan: Ibid., 118–119.
127 “the Prince of Bourbon”: Orem, 11.
127 “maudlin in the extreme”: Ibid., 27.
127 total of $140 in fines: LC, July 10, 1883.
127 “Browning and Leary”: CCG, May 20, 1883.
127 “So far as we Cincinnatians”: CCG, July 10, 1883.
128 “The present champions”: L
CJ, July 11, 1883.
128 “We have hoped beyond”: LC, July 14, 1883.
128 “Old Energy sat”: Ibid.
129 “It isn’t much use”: LC, July 14, 1883.
129 “local club is immense”: LC, July 20, 1883.
129 “K-E-E-P C-O-O-L!”: LCJ, July 23, 1883.
129 “out into the woods”: Ibid.
129 “ten-dollar gold piece”: LC, July 30, 1883.
129 “Physically, he is a ghost”: LC, July 15, 1883.
130 “light of a great joy”: LC, July 11, 1883.
130 “a great hairy, shaggy Siberian mammoth”: LC, July 24, 1883.
130 “fair face of Margaret Fresh”: LC, August 5, 1883.
130 “Margaret Fresh shrank convulsively”: LC, August 25, 1883.
131 “as proud as a boy”: CE, December 30, 1882.
131 “a light paralytic stroke”: SLGD, July 26, 1883.
132 “just bet your life”: SLGD, July 28, 1883.
132 “able to walk”: SLGD, July 27, 1883.
132 “Cincinnatis’ chances for the flag”: CG, July 5, 1883.
132 “Four fine double plays”: CG, August 1, 1883.
133 most celebrated scam of the season: CG, July 28, 1883.
134 in a cartoon published: CG, July 31, 1883.
Chapter 9: First-Class Drunkards
137 “forming a picturesque scene”: MR, July 16, 1883.
137 “very curious implement”: Orem, 7.
138 “It went off with a boom”: MR, July 16, 1883.
138 “Gleason is suffering”: MR, July 3, 1883.
138 “much like broiling a steak”: Axelson, 48.
138 “horizon searchers”: DEN, May 16, 1883.
138 “wretched fielder and a very moderate batter”: BG, July 6, 1883.
138 “highest terms as a batsman and fielder”: MR, July 3, 1883.
139 “Nothing wrong with that man”: MR, July 4, 1883.
139 nowhere to be seen: Orem, 68.
139 “hit one bird with a double stone”: Sullivan, 114.
140 “a queer character”: SL, May 26, 1903.
140 “market for flesh and blood”: NPG, August 4, 1883.
140 “engaging players by the bunch”: CE, July 10, 1883.
140 “a man of fine physique”: MR, July 10, 1883.
141 debut with St. Louis: SLGD, July 13, 1883.
141 “spirituous liquors”: BG, July 22, 1883.
141 “I have determined . . . to”: MR, July 4, 1883.
142 generally good for little else: CT, October 2, 1881.
142 “who will play base ball?”: PD, May 29, 1883.
142 “beds of flowery ease”: Quoted in NPG, September 15, 1883.
143 “He will soon find”: NPG, July 14, 1883.
143 “spunk of a louse”: NPG, August 25, 1883.
143 “slugging and brutal kicking”: CE, June 25, 1883.
143 “story was unjust”: PD, July 10, 1883.
143 “‘lushers,’ in other words drink too much”: Ibid.
143 “good drinkers on my team”: SN, December 31, 1887.
144 “forte is not managing”: Quoted in CE, September 3, 1883.
144 no brother was ill or dead: CT, August 11, 1878.
145 hotel late after a night: BG, May 23, 1883.
145 “There was a time”: PD, May 29, 1883.
145 “dumped ‘the Only Nolan’”: CE, June 24, 1883.
145 Bodeman’s Grove: SLGD, July 25, 1883.
146 “Latham, I’ve fined you”: SLPD, July 27, 1883.
146 wearing padded pants: MR, August 5, 1883.
146 “went through the boards”: MR, August 6, 1883.
147 “poor Mansell down in the hole”: MR, August 10, 1883.
147 “transported with considerable difficulty”: MR, August 9, 1883.
147 “Over the Rhine saloons”: Quoted in NPG, August 25, 1883.
147 “an infamous misrepresentation”: MR, August 10, 1883.
147 “grand and lofty act”: CE, November 11, 1883.
148 “made things lively for”: OSJ, August 13, 1883.
148 “Lewis was dropped”: CCG, August 14, 1883.
148 “a hard ticket”: BG, August 17, 1883.
148 “told them it was time”: MR, August 30, 1883.
148 “Throwing two or three beer glasses”: CE, August 19, 1883.
149 “contemptible and malicious”: SLPD, August 18, 1883.
Chapter 10: Cap Anson’s Nightmare
151 “tainted with black blood”: TB, August 11, 1883.
152 he caught “magnificently”: SLGD, April 26, 1883.
152 “looming up as a great man”: SL, July 22, 1883.
152 “dog under the wagon”: PD, April 18, 1883.
152 “fancy they were not as fond”: Anson, 10.
152 “they had come to kill me”: Ibid., 11.
153 a “little coon”: Ibid., 148.
153 “no account nigger”: Ibid., 150.
153 out in public on a leash: Palmer 1, 315–316.
154 “center field the cedar trees”: Sullivan, 154–155.
154 “You and we are different races”: Donald, 367.
154 “Who believes that Whites and Blacks”: Morris, 80.
154 “against the admission of any club”: BPC, December 19, 1867, quoted in Brunson, 197.
155 “account of his being a colored man”: PI, July 31, 1881.
156 “prejudice of the Eclipse”: LCJ, August 22, 1881.
157 “shook the dust of Louisville”: Ibid.
158 “plucky catcher, a hard hitter”: NYC, January 27, 1883.
158 “one of the most efficient”: MR, April 24, 1883.
159 “the league failed to organize”: DD, May 7, 1883.
159 “not only be a novelty”: MR, April 24, 1883.
159 “worked like trained professionals”: SLGD, April 25, 1883.
159 “mince-meat of the colored clubs”: SLGD, April 27, 1883.
159 “champion moke club”: NPG, May 13, 1883.
159 “coons are doing good work”: NPG, September 1, 1883.
160 “Coons Carry Off the Cake”: RR, June 20, 1883, quoted in Brunson, 214.
160 “caught between the bases”: MR, April 25, 1883.
160 “rare opportunity to see”: CCG, May 12, 1883.
160 “colored club were a well behaved”: CCG, May 13, 1883.
160 “suspended in the barber shops”: DEN, June 22, 1883.
161 “blacked up”: Ibid.
161 “dancing around the home plate”: Ibid.
161 “curious or enthusiastic Caucasians”: SLGD, August 13, 1883.
161 “not quiet for a moment”: Ibid.
161 “hunted up a little darkey”: CCG, June 30, 1883.
162 “great favorite with his fellow”: OSJ, April 23, 1883.
162 “with no damned nigger”: TB.
162 “a gentleman and a scholar”: OSJ, August 11, 1883.
163 “weakened like a whipped cur”: NPG, September 15, 1883.
163 “management of the Chicago Ball Club”: CCR, John Brown to C. H. Morton, April 11, 1884.
164 “best catcher I ever worked with”: NYA, January 11, 1919.
164 “the undersigned, do hereby warn”: SL, September 24, 1884.
165 “conscientious player”: TB, September 24, 1884.
165 “Several representatives declared”: NDJ, July 15, 1887.
166 “a howl was heard from Chicago”: White, 83.
166 “law is a disgrace”: SL, March 14, 1888.
166 “Just why Adrian C. Anson”: White, 83.
Chapter 11: Flinging the Watch
169 “We feared Philadelphia”: CCG, July 28, 1883.
170 twisted his ankle so badly: PHIR, August 1, 1883.
170 clocked that summer: PP, August 3, 1883.
170 handsome badge: PI, August 5, 1883.
171 “losing their grip”: BG, August 24, 1883.
171 stopped in Providence: PP, August 28,
1883.
172 “does not look as well”: BG, August 29, 1883.
172 one half-game ahead: This was not technically a lead, because the Association awarded the pennant to the team with the highest winning percentage at the end of the season.
174 “lovers of baseball”: NYJ, December 4, 1911.
174 “Why don’t you go to the Polo Grounds”: Ibid.
175 “employee was busy”: NYH, April 8, 1883.
176 “mind of his own”: Sullivan, 237.
176 “Nothing could be more unfounded”: MR, August 28, 1883.
176 “even the players laughed”: BM, February 1910, 55.
176 “It’s no use now”: NYT, August 31, 1883.
177 “better let his manager run”: NYC, September 8, 1883.
177 “retorted warmly”: MR, August 31, 1883.
178 “Chris had been interfering”: BM, February 1910, 55.
178 “I have brought this club”: NYT, August 31, 1883.
178 “He says he was badly treated”: PI, September 9, 1883.
179 “Mr. Von der Ahe thinks”: SLGD, August 31, 1883.
179 “GOOD-BY, SULLIVAN”: MR, August 31, 1883.
179 “not exactly a dude”: CCG, May 13, 1883.
180 “has plenty of style”: Quoted in SLGD, April 8, 1882.
180 put a gun to his own chest: Details from CT and CIO, November 11, 1882.
180 “completely infatuated with him”: Quoted in CE, November 19, 1882.
180 “weary and excited”: CT, November 14, 1882.
180 “played a brilliant game”: MR, August 31, 1883.
180 “There were some warm words”: SLGD, September 9, 1883.
Chapter 12: Jumping Jack
183 “a ton avoirdupois”: MR, July 3, 1883.
184 “with doubtful chances”: PHIP, September 4, 1883.
184 dislodging some of his teeth: PHIR, September 1, 1883.
184 “great strength of the St. Louis Club”: PHI, September 4, 1883.
185 “The Banner in Sight”: MR, September 4, 1883.
185 “If he is effective”: PHIR, September 4, 1883.
185 public speaker and philanthropist: Daggett, 211.
185 “intensely interested”: Hyson, 445.
186 Yale’s glee club: NYT, December 8, 1883.
187 “He can only play”: DEN, July 9, 1883.
187 “this big soap-bubble”: NPG, August 11, 1883.
187 “his particular jumping act”: BCA, August 21, 1883.
189 “There was perfect silence”: Quoted in NPG, October 6, 1883.
189 “taught exclusively at Yale”: PHIP, September 5, 1883.
189 “You don’t know whether”: NPG, October 6, 1883.
190 “The boys soon came up”: NYT, September 5, 1883.