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by Sean Deveney; Ken Rosenthal


  Howley, Dan, 41

  Hoyne, Maclay, 5

  Huggins, Miller, 149, 157

  Hunter, Colonel, 53

  Huston, T. L., 6, 35, 126, 157

  Hyland, Robert, 144

  Jackson, Joe, 27, 74, 78–79, 102

  Jennings, Hughie, 93, 112

  Johnson, Ban, 2, 4, 7, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33–34, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 92, 118, 119, 139, 162, 178, 179, 184, 189, 190, 194, 196, 204, 205

  Johnson, Richard A., 5

  Johnson, Walter, 101

  Jolie, Angelina, 11

  Jones, Sam, 43, 44, 77, 101, 102, 106, 159, 191, 202

  Kaiser Wilhelm, 52, 59, 99, 141, 143

  Kauff, Benny, 87, 88, 93

  Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 70

  Kerr, Dickie, 47

  Kilduff, Pete, 22, 58, 59, 60, 138, 201

  Killefer, Bill, 19–20, 21, 23, 29, 35, 47, 48, 57, 58, 59, 63, 64, 66, 95, 117, 125, 144, 153, 171, 176, 179, 180, 188, 197, 201

  Kinney, Walt, 166, 180, 202

  Klem, Bill, 177

  Knabe, Otto, 47, 48, 117, 167, 171, 172, 177, 200

  Kolkow, Edwin, 158, 159

  Konetchy, Ed, 117

  Krone, Doc, 164, 166, 209

  Ladd, J. B., 158, 160

  Lafayette, Marquis de, 54

  Landis, Kenesaw Mountain, 3, 6, 58, 60, 68, 84, 140, 141, 144, 157, 180, 181, 192, 211–12, 213

  Landis, Reed, 141

  Lannin, Joseph, 25, 27, 29

  Lardner, Ring, 66

  Lear, King, 34

  Lenin, Vladimir, 56

  Leonard, Dutch, 35, 38, 39, 41, 42, 71, 72–77, 79, 80, 84, 102, 103, 106, 148, 154, 183, 205

  Leonard, Sybil, 74

  Levi, Louis, 48

  Lewis, Duffy, 31, 205

  Lieb, Fred, 5, 6, 157, 194

  Lighthall, Ruth, 100

  Longworth, Nicholas, 119

  Lowden, Frank, 58

  Lowry, K. B., 97

  Lutz, Louis C., 80

  Lynn, Byrd, 79, 102, 104

  Mack, Connie, 5, 29, 30, 70, 113

  Madden, Freddie, 148, 149

  Magee, Lee, 6, 60, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 128, 129, 130, 131, 194, 195, 208, 210, 212

  Magee, Sherry, 131

  Maharg, Billy, 46, 47

  Mamaux, Al, 79

  Mann, Les, 34, 45, 64, 66, 89, 93, 94, 136, 166, 167, 171, 179, 183, 184, 185, 187, 188, 190, 192, 193, 197, 198, 200, 201, 206, 207, 208, 209, 214

  Mann, Mrs., 94

  Martin, Delia, 202

  Martin, Edward, 45, 71, 189, 202

  Martin, Speed, 138–39, 201

  Massey, Roy, 128

  Mathewson, Christy, 102, 128, 130, 131, 195, 196

  Mayer, Wally, 109, 110

  Mays, Carl, 6, 35, 41, 71, 76, 102, 114, 146–51, 154, 156– 57, 166, 176, 177, 197, 198, 199, 200, 202, 205

  Mays, Genevieve, 148

  Mays, Pierce, 147, 148

  Mays, William Henry, 147

  McAleer, Jimmy, 4, 5

  McCabe, Bill, 58, 138, 188, 201

  McCormick, Medill, 169, 170

  McGraw, John, 5, 7, 91, 93, 95, 120, 131, 137, 138, 192, 193, 194, 207

  McInnis, Stuffy, 30, 35, 43, 70, 101, 114, 129, 167, 172, 176, 187, 188, 197, 200, 202, 204

  McMullin, Fred, 81, 82

  Merkle, Fred, 64, 66, 88, 89, 91, 93, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 129, 134, 135, 136, 166, 171, 176, 188, 198, 201, 204, 209

  Miehlke, Ella, 158, 160

  Miehlke, Emma, 158

  Miller, Ed, 75

  Minor, Ben, 119

  Mitchell, Fred, 19, 20, 34, 45, 46, 50, 57, 63, 64, 66, 105, 107, 126, 138, 163, 164, 166, 173–74, 175, 176, 177, 187, 188, 191, 192, 199, 201, 205, 209, 210

  Mitchell, George, 213

  Mitchell, Mabel, 173

  Mogridge, George, 146

  Molyneaux, Vince, 114

  Moran, Pat, 21, 117, 162, 163

  Muck, Karl, 100–101

  Murnane, Tim, 202

  Navin, Frank J., 93

  Neale, Greasy, 95, 130, 131

  Nebeker, Frank, 143, 158

  Nehf, Art, 128

  New, Harry, 118

  No, No, Nanette, 26, 27

  O’Brien, Buck, 4, 5

  O’Day, Hank, 163

  O’Farrell, Bob, 201

  O’Meara, William, 158,159

  Owens, Brick, 44

  Packard, Gene, 10, 210, 214

  Paskert, Dode, 23, 34, 64, 65, 66, 89, 105, 134, 136, 166, 198, 201

  Perritt, Pol, 131, 137

  Perry, Scott, 119

  Pershing, General John, 54, 55, 62, 88, 110, 113, 149

  Phelan, Joseph E., 158, 160

  Pick, Charley, 138, 139, 166, 167, 171, 177, 186, 197, 198, 201, 208

  Pickford, Mary, 11, 51, 71

  Pitt, Brad, 11

  Plank, Eddie, 154

  Porter, Claude, 143

  Prager, Robert, 100

  Prendergast, Mike, 20

  Rawlings, Johnny, 128

  Redmon, Harry, 210

  Regan, Mike, 131

  Reichow, Oscar, 22, 30, 139

  Rickey, Branch, 20, 22, 23, 192

  Ring, Jimmy, 130, 131

  Ritter, Lawrence, 43, 195

  Robinson, Hank, 151

  Rodriguez, Alex, 213

  Roosevelt, Teddy, 54, 95, 119

  Rosenwald, Julius, 16

  Rothstein, Arnold, 46

  Roush, Edd, 128, 130, 195

  Ruether, Dutch, 127

  Ruppert, Jake, 30

  Ruth, Babe, 8, 9, 26, 27, 34, 40, 41, 44–45, 70, 71, 74, 76, 77–78, 80, 101, 102, 103, 106, 112, 113, 114, 115, 127, 146–47, 151, 153, 164–68, 171, 172, 173, 175, 176, 179–80, 187, 188, 199, 202, 205, 206, 209

  Ruth, George, 153

  Ryan, Frank, 97

  Sanborn, I. E., 126, 155, 162, 167, 198, 200, 204

  Schalk, Ray, 81

  Schang, Wally, 29, 30, 35, 43, 71, 75, 172, 176, 177, 188, 198, 202

  Schiller, Friedrich von, 99

  Schneider, Pete, 128

  Schupp, Ferdie, 137

  Scott, Everett, 35, 43, 74, 112, 114, 176, 199, 202

  Sedition Act, 99

  Selective Service Act, 31, 54, 55, 86

  Selig, Bud, 213

  Seys, John O., 46, 48, 212

  Shannon, Paul, 162

  Shean, Dave, 71, 74, 163, 167, 171, 177, 179, 198, 200, 202, 208

  Shore, Ernie, 31

  Sianis, William, 8

  Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, 61, 156, 182–83, 196, 202–3

  Speaker, Tris, 18, 84, 199

  Spencer, Tubby, 93

  Stahl, Jake, 4, 5

  Stallings, George, 117, 129

  Stanage, Oscar, 93

  Stansbury, Jack, 113, 114

  Stokes, Rose Pastor, 100

  Stout, Glenn, 5

  Strunk, Amos, 29, 30, 35, 70, 71, 109, 151, 172, 198, 202

  Sullivan, Sport, 4, 5

  Sunday, Billy, 67–68, 69, 153

  Taft, Charles, 14

  Tardieu, André, 56

  Tener, John, 32, 33, 118, 119, 131, 178

  Tennes, Mont, 6, 68, 212

  Tesreau, Jeff, 137

  Texel, the, 97–98

  Thomas, Fred, 74, 101, 114, 163, 164, 167, 177, 179, 198, 202

  Thompson, Frog, 107

  Thompson, William Hale, 62, 69, 153, 170

  Thormahlen, Hank, 71

  Tinker, Joe, 7

  Toney, Fred, 138

  Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, 56

  Trotsky, Leon, 56

  Truesdale, Frank, 114

  Turner, George Kibbe, 68

  Tyler, Lefty, 23, 34, 64, 66, 91, 93, 118, 125, 137, 151, 170, 171, 172, 187, 188, 197, 198, 200, 201, 203, 207, 210

  Vaughn, Hippo, 34, 58, 63, 64, 66, 90, 91, 93, 94, 118, 137, 138, 151, 166, 170, 174, 175, 176, 180–81, 191, 201, 203, 207, 210, 211

  Veeck, Bill, 9, 10, 123

  Veeck, William, Sr., 107, 123, 124, 158–59

  Wagner, Hei
nie, 43, 71, 112, 113, 114, 167, 171, 172, 177, 202

  Walker, Jimmy, 37

  Weaver, Buck, 81, 82

  Weaver, Harry, 58, 61, 63

  Weeghman, Bessie, 14

  Weeghman, Charley, 6, 10, 13–24, 31, 34, 36, 49, 50, 57, 59, 61, 95, 119, 177, 197, 200, 205, 212

  Weeghman, Dorothy, 14

  Wheat, Zack, 41

  Wheeler, William, 158, 159

  Whiteman, George, 35, 43, 109, 110, 166, 167, 171, 172, 176, 198, 199, 200, 202, 205

  Whitman, Burt, 28, 77, 150, 154, 162

  Wickland, Al, 63

  Williams, Charley, 19

  Williams, Claude, 79

  Williams, Cy, 23

  Williams, Lefty, 102, 104

  Wilson, Woodrow, 32, 33, 70, 85, 88, 93, 95, 99, 100, 119, 141, 203

  Wobblies, trial of the, 140–44

  Wood, Joe, 4, 5, 84

  World War I

  attendance at games and, 103–6

  casualties, 155–56

  confusion in Chicago during, 66–69

  exemption from the draft, 74, 78–80, 86, 118

  fear of German invasion, 97–101

  first draft registration 54–55

  Grover Cleveland Alexander’s story, 49–60, 153–54

  money and, 127–28

  pregame military demonstrations, 33

  secretary of war, 54, 70, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 92, 95, 113, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 125, 137, 139, 140, 151, 152

  strategy, 109–10, 113

  victory, 203

  work-or-fight order, 115–20, 139

  Wortman, Chuck, 23, 201

  Wrigley, William, 15, 17, 24, 42, 50, 57, 96, 205

  Wyckoff, Weldon, 77

  Young, Cy, 102

  Youngs, Ross, 93

  Zeider, Rollie, 89, 91, 105, 135, 138, 201, 204

  Zimmerman, Heinie, 87, 94

  Zork, Carl, 210

  Table of Contents

  Cover Page

  The Original Curse

  Copyright Page

  Dedication

  Contents

  Foreword by Ken Rosenthal

  Author’s Note

  One Fixes and Curses: Aboard a Train with the White Sox

  Two Luck: Charley Weeghman

  Three Preparedness: Harry Frazee and Ed Barrow

  Four Discipline: Five Days in Spring Training with Ed Barrow

  Five Sacrifice: Grover Cleveland Alexander

  Six Morality: Max Flack

  Seven Cheating: Hubert “Dutch” Leonard

  Eight Usefulness: Newton D. Baker

  Nine Loyalty: The Texel

  Ten Strategy: Harry Hooper

  Eleven Money: Recollection of Boston Gambler James Costello

  Twelve Labor: Charley Hollocher

  Thirteen Death: Carl Mays

  Fourteen World Series, Game 1, Chicago

  Fifteen World Series, Games 2 and 3, Chicago

  Sixteen World Series, Games 4 and 5, Boston

  Seventeen World Series, Game 6, Boston

  Eighteen History: Throwing the World Series

  Notes

  Bibliography

  Index

 

 

 


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