Cobb (74 page)

Wiltse, Hooks,
388

Wingo, Ivy,
345

Wolverton, Harry,
206

Wood, Dr. Hugh,
371
,
372
,
375
,
376
,
377
,
380
,
417
,
420

Wood, Joe (“Smoky”),
370

Woodall, Larry,
349

Woodruff, Robert Winship (owner of Coca-Cola),
245
,
284
,
285
,
286
–87,
288
,
299
,
322

Workingmen's Compensation Act,
336

World War I,
75
,
128
,
148
,
168
,
261
,
262
,
263
,
264
,
275
,
276
,
294
,
401

World War II,
72
,
193

Wrigley, William,
309

Y

“Yankee Doodle Dandy” (song),
170

Yankee Stadium,
163
,
292
,
312
,
349
,
351
,
369
,
390
,
397
,
420

Yarborough, Reverend John,
51
,
52

Yaryan, Yam,
345

Yastrzemski, Carl,
193

Yawkey, William Hoover (“Good Times”),
16
,
17
,
106
,
135
,
136
,
139
,
145
,
149
,
203
,
204
,
221
,
222
,
223
,
224
,
226
,
232
,
237
,
243
,
280
–81

Yelle, Archie,
279

Young, Denton (“Cy”),
41
,
102
,
146
,
160
,
322

Young, Ralph (“Pep”),
250
,
330

Youngman, Heinie,
89
,
90
,
98

Z

Ziegfield Follies,
159

About the Author

Al Stump (1916–1995) was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. During World War II, he was a war correspondent, and afterward he worked as a sportswriter for national and regional publications, including
Esquire
,
The Saturday Evening Post
,
True Magazine
,
American Heritage
,
Los Angeles Magazine
, and
Sports Illustrated
. He wrote—both independently and in collaboration with famous athletes—six books, including Ty Cobb's
My Life in Baseball
, Sam Snead's
Education of a Golfer
,
Champions Against Odds
, and
The Champion Breed
. His article, “Ty Cobb's Wild 10-Month Fight to Live,” written for
True Magazine
, won the Best American Sport Story award of 1962. It was the basis for the 1994 motion picture
Cobb
, directed by Ron Shelton.

For their support and assistance in numerous ways, I want to thank:

From baseball—Jimmie Reese; Lew Matlin of the Detroit Tigers; Tigers' manager Sparky Anderson; Charlie Gehringer; Casey Stengel; Fred Haney; Frank “Lefty” O'Doul; Tris Speaker; Davy Jones; Herold “Muddy” Ruel; Branch Rickey; Mickey Cochrane; Heinie Manush; Ted Williams; Joe DiMaggio.

Also, Buddy Dyer and Wayne Wilson at the Amateur Athletic Foundation in Los Angeles, the Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, N.Y., the Burton Historical Collection at the Detroit Public Library, the
Detroit News
, the
Detroit Free Press
, the
Los Angeles Times
.

Also, at the
Los Angeles Times
—Jim Murray, Bill Dwyer, Earl Gustkey, and Larry Stewart.

And, Will Fowler; Gene Fowler; Elmer Griffin; Bill Henry; Arthur Sohikian; A. C. Ginn; Joe Cunningham; John Schouweiler; Ron Shelton—and, from Shelton's office, Kellie Davis and Karin Freud—Robert Wuhl; Ron Birnbach.

And finally, for long-term help and support, Col. Barney Oldfield; Grace Buscher Guslander; Dr. Alan Herman; the Watermans—Sherry, Bobby, and Kylie; Shannon McVicar; Robyn Harper; my editor, Louis D. Rubin, Jr.; my agent, Michael Siegel; and for their helpful efforts, Jennifer Decker and my wife, Jo Mosher.

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My Life in Baseball: The True Record
(by Ty Cobb, with Al Stump)

Education of a Golfer
(by Sam Snead, with Al Stump)

The Champion Breed

Champions Against Odds

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