Baseball's Greatest Season, 1924

Index

 • 199 • Adams, Babe, 56, 99, 166–67 Aldridge, Vic, 41, 106 Alexander, Grover Cleveland, xii, 6, 19, 27, 41–43, 45, 57, 59, 85, 93, 105, 108, 126, 128–29, 160 Altrock, Nick, 33, 166, 173, 179 Anderson, Dave, xi–xii Anson, Cap, 34, 178 Archdeacon, Maurice, 14, 49 Ashburn, Richie, 177 Baker, William, 31, 112 Bancroft, Dave, 7, 22, 45, 87 Barnes, Jesse, 82, 130 Barnes, Ross, 177 Barnes, Virgil, 63, 66, 68, 107, 117–18, 139, 143, 145–48, 173 baseball: America’s game, 92–93, 111; attending a game, 84–87, 129, 172; ballparks, 34, 84–85; base stealing, 89–90, 171; bribery, 37–39, 112–15, 174; equipment, 86; finances, 30–33; governance, 36–40; lively ball, 88– 89; managers, 87–91; minor leagues, 57; oddities of 1924, 130; relief pitching, 91, 120–22; rules, 42, 137– 38, 165, 171; segregation, 34–35; spring training, 1–2; statistics, xiii– xiv, 169, 176; strategy, 87–91, 145, 150–51, 153, 155, 171; surge in offense, 88–89; travel, 58–59, 167; umpires, 86–87, 131, 170; World Series , 131–52 baseball players: backgrounds, 56–58; daily life, 58–62; drinking, 61; medical attention, 59–60; rowdyism, 60– 61; salaries, 32–33; sex, 61–62 Bassler, Johnny, 72, 166 Baxter, Norman, 16, 132 Beall, Walter, 100, 104 Bell, Herman, 64, 130 Bentley, Jack, 3, 26, 43, 66, 97–98, 108, 117–18, 135–37, 140–42, 145, 150– 53, 163, 174–75 Benton, Rube, 18 Bigbee, Carson, 45, 66 Blue, Lu, 77, 79, 124 Bluege, Ossie, 15, 33, 51, 78, 109, 118– 19, 134, 137, 139–41, 144, 146–48, 150–52, 180–81 Boeckel, Tony, 8 Bohne, Sam, 28 Bonds, Barry, 77, 161, 169–70 Boone, Ike, 21, 25, 28, 47 Bottomley, Jim, 7, 102 Breadon, Sam, 39 Bressler, Rube, 5, 44 bribery scandal, 112–15 Broun, Heywood, 181 Brouthers, Dan, 34 Brown, Eddie, 67, 99, 106 Burke, Les, 104 Burkett, Jesse, 180 Burns, Silent George, 4 Burns, Tioga George, 22, 50 Bush, Donie, 16, 91 Bush, Joe, 9, 19, 47, 72, 78–79, 100– 101, 103, 110, 123 Carey, Max, 6, 45, 108, 123, 166–67 Carlton, Steve, 176, 178 cartoons, 61 Cavaretta, Phil, 171 Caveney, Ike, 28 Chance, Frank, 89 Chapman, Ray, 5, 86 Charleston, Oscar, 35 Chase, Hal, 38, 114 Cicotte, Eddie, 14 Clarke, Fred, 128 Clarkson, John, 34 Clemens, Roger, 178 “closeness index,” 101–3, 132 Cobb, Ty, 7, 11–14, 20, 26, 35, 47–48, 56–57, 70, 72–73, 77–79, 86–88, 92, 104, 111, 124, 127–29, 161, 172, 177–78, 180 Cochrane, Mickey, 89 Cohan, George M., 155 Cole, Bert, 20, 26, 166 Collins, Eddie, 11, 14, 49, 127, 166, 172, 178 Collins, Rip, 47, 72, 101 Collins, Shano, 167 Combs, Earle, 10, 47, 100 Comiskey, Charles, 31 Connolly, Tom, 87, 131, 173, 179 Coolidge, Calvin, xiv, 52, 111, 133, 155, 182 Cooney, Jimmy, 34–35, 178 Cooper, Wilbur, 6, 45, 64–67, 128 Coveleskie, Stan, 22, 50, 58, 78, 159 Cramer, Doc, 178 Crawford, Sam, 163 Crouse, Buck, 75 Curley, James, 25 Cuyler, Kiki, 6, 33, 45, 65–66, 97, 108, 123, 128, 166–67, 173 Danforth, Dave, 21, 74 Daubert, Jake, 4, 28, 143, 167 Dauss, Hooks, 20, 47, 73, 78 Davis, Dixie, 74, 105 Dean, Wayland, 26 DeBerry, Hank, 98 Decatur, Art, 82, 97 Derringer, Paul, 176 Dinneen, Bill, 131, 151, 179, 181 Doak, Bill, 45, 67–68, 95–96, 103, 106, 108, 122, 172 Doerr, Bobby, 159 Dolan, Cozy, 113–15, 174 Donohue, Pete, 5, 85 Douglas, Shufflin’ Phil, 39, 114 Dreyfuss, Barney, 30, 107, 114 Drysdale, Don, 176 Duffy, Hugh, 177 Dugan, Joe, 10, 20, 26, 81, 104, 123 Duncan, Pat, 28 Dunn, Jack, 174 Dykes, Jimmy, 86, 110 Dykstra, Lennie, 177 East, Carl, 23 Ebbets, Charles, 114 Ehmke, Howard, 17, 20, 25, 46 Ehrhardt, Rube, 82, 96, 106 Evans, Billy, 48, 166 Evers, John, 14, 119 Faber, Red, 49 Falk, Bibb, 14, 33, 49, 128, 166 Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore v. National League, 40 Feller, Bob, 126 Ferguson, Alex, 20, 110 Fisher, Showboat, 23 Flagstead, Ira, 20 Fletcher, Art, 8, 112 Fohl, Lee, 14, 20, 25, 46 Fonseca, Lew, 28 Fothergill, Fats, 11, 48, 124 Fountain, Charles, xv Fournier, Jack, 8, 19, 33, 44, 67, 82, 122, 165 I • 200 • Foxx, Jimmie, 77, 89 Frazee, Harry, 14, 30 Frisch, Frankie, 2, 18, 32, 41, 43, 70, 97–98, 105...