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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