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African American baseball. See integration; Negro League alcohol and baseball, 65–66, 100–101, 158n68 All-Star Games, 31–32, 39–41, 119 American way of life, baseball and, x, xiii, 4, 15–16 Army Emergency Fund, 46 Army Relief Fund, 34–35, 39, 46, 151n6 athletic injuries. See health and medical care athletic programs: adjustment to military life and, 2, 4–6; availability to servicemen , xi, 58–60; in combat locations, 10–11, 63–67; football, 55; in France, 55; fundraising and donations for military , 28–29; in Italy, 54–55; league organization and competition, 62–63, 70–71; in North Africa, 50–55; segregation in, 60–61; in the South Pacific, 56 –58; sublimation of sexuality by, 6 –7; umpires for military teams, 61–62. See also military baseball teams attendance, wartime, 21, 29–31 Australia, baseball in, 68, 105 Bainbridge Naval Training Center (md), 87 Ball and Bat Fund, 37–39, 51, 70, 153n26, 153n36. See also equipment bankruptcy, Philadelphia Phillies, 31 Baseball Magazine, 14 Baseball Writers Association, 36 –37, 113– 14 basic training, athletic programs in, 4–6, 10–11, 58–60 basketball, 77, 85 beer and baseball, 65–66, 101, 117, 158n68 bonds. See war bonds Boston Braves, 33, 85, 90, 134 Boston Celtics, 85 Boston Red Sox, 34, 81–85, 112, 139 Brooklyn Club, 36 Brooklyn Dodgers: Branch Rickey and, 17; as Brooklyn Robins, 120; exhibitions with military teams, 81–83; Jackie Robinson and, 57; Japanese defamation of, 4; player shortage and, 30; players in the military, 46, 85, 136; relief games, 32–33; war bond sales, 35–37 Canadian baseball teams, 47–48, 95 Caribbean Series, Panama, 46 –47 celebrities: Bing Crosby, 42; Clark Gable, 94; combat service of, 97; professional players as, 98–100; tours and entertainment , 19–20 177 Subject Index See Name Index for all names of Major League, Minor League, Negro League, and other individuals directly related to professional baseball. All other military, political, celebrity, or historical names are in this index. charities. See donations; fundraising Chattanooga Lookouts, 44–45 Chicago Cubs, 45, 57, 139 Chicago White Sox, 33–34, 48, 51, 135 Churchill, Mrs. Winston, 47 Cincinnati Reds, 30, 33, 108 civilian adjustment to military life, 5–6 Cleveland Indians, 10, 34, 38, 81–83, 116 Coast Guard baseball teams, 62, 91 combat deaths. See health and medical care combat injuries. See health and medical care combat training, organized sports and, 5–10 commissioner of baseball, 12 conflict of interest, wartime baseball, 13 Crosby, Bing, 42 Daniel, Daniel M., 40 Danner, Dorothy, 67 deaths, combat. See health and medical care Detroit Tigers: Hank Greenberg and, 127– 28; Mickey Cochrane and, 40, 78; and 1945 World Series, 19, 170n1; players in the military, 85, 108, 110, 115; relief games, 33 discrimination: anti-Semitism and, 127–28; Jackie Robinson and, 152n19; military baseball, 60–61. See also integration donations, sports equipment and charitable , 28–29, 37–38 Downtown Athletic Club News, 23 draft deferments: Buddy Lewis and, 118, 169n81; Joe DiMaggio and, 100; Joe Gordon and, 109; politics and baseball, 16 –17; Ted Lyons and, 110; Ted Williams and, 112–13 Eisenhower, Dwight D., 19, 53 Emmet, Robert, 4–5, 17, 22, 72 entertainment, celebrity tours and, 19–20 equipment: donations of athletic, 28, 51; fabrication of baseball, 66, 95; fundraising for uniforms and, 37–38; lack of baseball, 11; military procurement of, 70–71. See also Ball and Bat Fund European Theatre of Operations (eto): athletic programs, 54–55; baseball as a combat target in, 3; baseball in the, 68– 70, 74, 94–96; goodwill tours, 20–21; integration of athletic teams, 60–61; international baseball rivalry in, 47–49; 1945 World Series, 26 –27, 121–22; wartime baseball and, 14. See also specific country by name exhibition games: international rivalry in, 47–49; Major League and military teams, 81–83; Major League fundraising , 28–29, 38–41; military team, 21– 27, 101; Minor League fundraising, 44– 45; morale and, xi, 2; Negro League, 45; professional player tours for, 19–20 favoritism toward professional players, 98– 100 football, 55, 85, 156n23 Fort Meade (md), 5 France, baseball in, 55, 66 –67, 70, 95 free passes to games, 13, 21, 31 fundraising: Ball and Bat Fund, 37–38; Major League baseball, 28–29, 151n6; military baseball teams, 45–49; 1942 All-Star Game, 40–43; 1943 exhibition game, 43; player auctions, 36 –37; relief games, 32–35; The Sporting News and, 32, 34; World Series, 31–32...