Cobb (73 page)

overweight,
291
,
337

and Providence Grays,
247

and “Ruth Cup,”
408

Ruth, George Herman, Babe Ruth's father,
92

Ruth, Claire (nee Hodgson), Babe Ruth's wife,
159
,
163

Ryan, Tommy,
149

S

Sallee, Slim,
280

Sally League.
See
South Atlantic League

Salsinger, Harry,
97
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111
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114
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169
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222
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241
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290
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308
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328
,
361

San Francisco Seals,
299
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300
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322
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335
,
403

Schaefer, Herman (“Germany”),
76
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77
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104
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108
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110
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112
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114
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115
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121
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130
,
145
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149
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156

Schalk, Ray,
420

Schang, Wally,
329
,
338

Schmidt, Charlie (“Boss”),
126
,
141
,
142
,
144
,
157
,
197

Schreckengost, Ossie (“Schreck”),
154
,
345

Scientific Baseball
(Fred Pfeffer),
50

Scott, Everett,
273
,
341
,
348
,
353

Seeley, Blossom,
217

Sewell, Joe (“Wheeler Joe”),
201

Sewell, Luke,
392
,
397

Seybold, Ralph (“Socks”),
135
,
142
,
287

Seymour, Harold,
117
,
161
,
316

Sharpe, Sir Isaac,
401

Shaver, Bud,
328

Shawkey, Bob,
293
,
307
,
331
,
338
,
354

Sher, Jack,
191

Sherman, William Tecumseh (U.S. general),
30

Shibe Park (Philadelphia, PA),
173
,
174
,
208
,
209
,
236
,
351
,
391
,
395
,
396

Shibe, Benjamin (president of Philadelphia Athletics),
175

Shipke, Billy,
152

Shocker, Urban,
398

Shor, Bobby,
418

Shore, Ernie,
185
,
249
,
267

Siever, Ed,
118
,
126
,
128
,
129
,
130
,
132
,
133
,
134
,
140
,
155

Simmons, Al,
114
,
192
,
387
,
389
,
393

Sinclair, Harry,
229
,
230

Sisler, George,
28
,
114
,
192
,
232
,
259
,
276
,
287
,
288
,
307
,
340
,
341
,
343
,
389
,
393

slackerism, in World War I,
262
,
264
,
265
,
266

Smith, Frank,
164

Smith, Hoke (governor of Georgia and U.S. senator),
162
,
220
,
221
,
225
,
226
,
238
,
386
,
383
–84

Smith, John W. (mayor of Detroit),
354

Somewhere in Georgia
,
255

South Atlantic League (“Sally League”),
51
,
52
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60
,
62
,
68
,
69
,
80
,
82
,
83
,
90
,
98
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103
,
105
,
108
,
134

Southeastern League,
65
,
66

Southern League of Colored Base Ballists,
161

Southern League,
50
–51,
62

Spanish–American War,
164
,
403

Spayer, Ed,
188

Speaker, Tristram (“Texas Tris,” “Grey Eagle”),
21
,
23
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25
,
114
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138
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192
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214
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215
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381
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389
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393
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394
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396
,
412

Spencer, Tubby,
279

Spink, Alfred,
125

Spink, J. G. Taylor,
190

“Square Sox,”
315
.
See also
“Black Sox” affair

SS President Jefferson
,
400

St. Louis Browns,
96
,
132
,
134
,
160
,
196
,
232
,
286
,
289
,
341
,
362
,
389

St. Louis Cardinals,
290
,
398
,
399

Stahl, Chick,
128

Stahl, Jake,
134
,
135
,
187
,
320

Stain of Guilt
,
217

Stallings, George Tweedy,
112
,
242
,
252

Stanage, Oscar,
307

Stansfield, George,
170
,
171
,
172
,
181

Stark, George W.,
232

Steinfeldt, Harry,
165
–66

Stengel, Charles Dillon (“Casey,” “Old Perfesser”),
27
,
183
–84,
185
,
193
,
255
,
263
,
264
,
269
,
290
,
308
,
326
,
397
,
399

Stengel, Edna, Casey Stengel's wife,
184

Stone, George (“Socker”),
132
,
135

Stoneham, Charles,
317

Stoneham, Horace,
24

Stoner, Lil,
342
,
369

Stovall, Jesse,
77

Strouthers, Cornelius (“Con”),
51
,
57
,
58
,
60
,
61
,
62
,
68
,
84

Study of Monopoly Power, House of Representatives Subcommittee,
413

Stump, Al:

caring for Cobb in final months,
12

with Cobb, in Atherton, CA,
18
,
26
,
418

with Cobb, at cemetery in Royston, GA,
22

with Cobb, at Lake Tahoe Lodge,
6
–12,
419

with Cobb, at Stump's home,
25
–26

with Cobb, on trip to Reno,
6
,
8
,
10
–15

interview with Sam Crawford,
161
–62

suicides of baseball players,
127
–28

Sullivan, Joe (“Sport”),
313
,
314

Sullivan, Prescott,
169

Sultan of Sulu
,
217

Sunbeam Motion Picture Company,
254
–55

T

Taft, William Howard (U.S. president),
355

“Take Me Out to the Ballgame” (song),
217

Tammany Hall,
205
,
404

Tannehill, Jesse,
145

Tennessee–Alabama–Southeast League,
56

Terry, Bill,
192

“They Don't Play Baseball Any More” (Ty Cobb),
414

Thomas, Frosty,
76

Thompson, Sam,
118

Thorpe, Jim,
257

Tilden, Bill (U.S. tennis champion),
405

Tinker, Joe,
147
,
148
,
165
,
229
,
412

Todt, Phil,
388

Topping, Dan,
24
,
263

Travers, Aloysius,
209

Trevor, George,
195

The Tumult and the Shouting
(Grantland Rice),
46
,
312

Tunney, Gene, (U.S. boxer),
394

Tuthill, Harry,
174
,
188

Twain, Mark,
418

Tyr (Norse God),
32

U

U. S. Congress,
135
,
210
,
221
,
225
,
226
,
232
,
252
,
386
,
413

Uncle Ezra, W. H. Cobb's black foreman,
40

Uniform Players' Contract,
211

“Union Ball Club March” (Civil War–era baseball song),
42

United Motors (later General Motors),
23

USS Detroit
,
164

V

Vangilder, Elam,
345
,
362

Veach, Bobby (“Kentucky Rifle”),
189
,
190
,
250
,
297
,
298
,
305
,
308
,
322
,
324
,
325
,
327
–28,
330
,
332

Vila, Joe,
199
,
200

Villa, Pancho,
257

Vitt, Oscar,
250

Vogel, Horace,
173

Volstead Act,
338

W

Waddell, George Edward (“Rube”),
41
,
102
,
105
,
148
,
153
,
154
,
163
,
217

Wagner, Charles (“Heinie”),
114
,
156
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171
,
178
,
179
,
180
,
181
,
182
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192
,
214
,
227
,
339
,
393
,
400
,
409
,
412

Wagner, John Peter Honus (“Hans,” the “Flying Dutchman”),
41
,
84
,
96
,
102
,
135
,
136
,
176
,
224
,
251
,
253
,
352

Walberg, Rube,
387

Walker, Reverend Thomas,
162

Walker, Tillie,
269

Wallace, Bobby,
196
,
199

Walsh, Edward Augustin (“Big Ed”),
163
,
164
,
187
,
202

Waner, Paul,
114
,
192

Ward, Aaron,
289
,
343

Ward, John Montgomery,
269

Ward, Robert,
229

Warner, Jack,
130

Warren Field (Augusta, GA),
57
,
68
,
81
,
118
,
306

Washington Nationals (also known as Capitals, Senators),
133
,
134
,
163
,
172
,
220
,
238
,
246
,
280
,
296

Washington, George (U.S. president),
37

Watson, James E. (U.S. senator),
386

Weaver, George (“Buck”),
235
,
313
,
314
,
371
.
See also
“Black Sox” affair

Webb, Del,
263

Weeghman, Charlie,
229

Weil, Sid,
402

Weilman, Carl,
227

Welzer, Tony,
388

West Side Ball Park (Chicago, IL),
156

West, Fred O.,
371
,
372
,
376
,
378
,
380

Western League,
102

Wheat, Zack,
184
,
267

Wheeler, John (President of the Wheeler News Syndicate),
231
,
244
,
299

White, Guy (“Doc”),
112
,
149
,
164

White, Sam,
74

Whitehill, Earl,
357

“Why I Went Into The Army” (Tyrus Cobb),
274

Wilhelm, Kaiser,
345

Willett, Edgar (“Eddie”),
123
–24,
176

Williams, Charles (major in National Guard),
157

Williams, Claude (“Lefty”),
313
.
See also
“Black Sox” affair

Williams, Fred (“Cy”),
289

Williams, Joe,
390

Williams, Ken,
338
,
339

Williams, Ted,
23
,
25
,
114
,
192
,
290
,
315
,
316
,
399
,
400

Willis, Vic,
178
,
179
,
388

Wills, Maury,
249

Wilmer, Dr. William H.,
365
,
366

Wilson Base Ball Equipment Company,
293

Wilson, Frank,
342
,
390

Wilson, Woodrow (U.S. president),
216
–17,
252
,
264
,
266
,
355
,
382
,
418