stereotyping of, 4
suspension of McGinnis, 113
taking over as manager of the team, 178–179
and umpires, 103, 108, 110–112, 213, 251
undermining Sullivan, 89–90, 91, 92, 93–94, 138, 141, 149, 172, 175–176, 177–178, 202
view on peace between the two rival leagues, 47–48, 51, 59
voting to oust the Cincinnati Reds, 37
as a womanizer, 3–4
Von der Ahe, Edward (son), 8
Vonderhorst, Harry, 26
Walker, Moses Fleetwood
background on, 155–156, 158 (photo)
crossing major-league baseball’s color line, 163, 164
death of, 252
following the 1883 season, 252
as minor-league player and business owner, 165
racist/prejudicial attitudes toward, 152, 156–157, 158, 161–162, 162–163, 164–166
retirement of, 166
as a rising star, 152, 155, 157–158, 157–158
Walker, Welday, 163–164, 166
Walsh, Mike, 194–195
Washington Herald, 246–247
Washington Nationals, 174
Waters, Hiram, 180
Wealthy men, marketing baseball to, 13, 27, 44, 175
Weaver, Sam, 121, 220–221
Weldon, Harry, 14, 126
Wells, Della (Von der Ahe’s second wife), 4
Western Association, 165
Wheeler, Harry, 162
Wheeling club, 166
White Sewing Machine Company, 156
White, Sol, 166
White, Will, 36, 116
caricature of, 118 (drawing)
death of, 249
following the 1883 season, 248–249
record held by, 249
and Reds vs. Athletics, 117–118, 119, 199, 201
and Reds vs. Browns, 85, 86
White, William Edward, 164
Whitman, Walt, 154
Whitney, Jim, 58, 59
Wilde, Oscar, 29
Williams, Jimmy, 111, 133, 254
Williamson, Ned, 201
Wise, Sam, 30
Woestman, J. B., 9
Wolf, Chicken, 222, 226
Worcester club, 34–35, 76, 77, 103, 119
Worcester Live Oaks, 73, 155
Working men
harsh working conditions of, 22, 142
marketing baseball to, 13, 27, 32, 164, 175
World Series
exhibition games being labeled as, 36, 37
first, matchup that was supposed to happen for, 240, 243
scandal involving, 255
Wright & Ditson’s Base Ball Guide, 243
Wright, Harry, 21, 104
Yale University, 246
baseball team, 46, 186, 198
Nancy Engberg
EDWARD ACHORN, a journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Distinguished Commentary, is the deputy editorial page editor of the Providence (R.I.) Journal and author of Fifty-Nine in ’84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had. He lives outside of Providence, Rhode Island, in a farmhouse built in 1840.
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