The Selling of the Babe (48 page)

Duffey, Arthur

dynasty

on NYY

of Red Sox

education

evolutionary leap

for baseball

physique as

excitement

Babe bigger than baseball for

from Babe more than team

exhibition games

fame

family

Babe adopting Ruth, D.

Babe adopting Ruth, J.

Baltimore life of

father dying

love child rumors of

Ruth, H., wife of Babe

Federal League

Fenway Park

Babe disliking

Babe Ruth Day at

expansion of

Frazee purchase and sale of

gambling at

Mays booed at

Taylors owners of

film

Babe in Hollywood for

Over the Fence
as

Headin' Home
as

financial issues

$100,000 offer for Babe as

of 1918 Series

of Frazee

of Huston

of NYY

of Ruppert

of Sunday baseball

first baseman

Flack, Max

Frazee, Harry

$100,000 offered for Babe to

on AL board

AL suit of

anti-Semitism against

Babe 1919 3-year $30,000 from

Babe and Mays offer to

Babe deal structure of

Babe trade explained by

Babe trade path of

Babe trade rumors for

Babe worth pondering

Barrow hired by

death of

as “evil genie” of Lieb

Fenway mortgage of

Fenwick purchase and sale by

Fenwick purchase talking

financial situation of

income losses of

as Insurrecto

Jackson value to

Johnson, B., battling

Johnson, B., insurrection led by

Lannin deals of

Mays trade battle of

My Lady Friends
of

National Commission of

No, No, Nanette
of

as Red Sox owner

Red Sox sold by

Ruppert close with

salary cap limiting

Taylors reject offer of

as theater entrepreneur

trading Babe timing of

on “work or fight”

Freeman, Buck

homer record of

as lauding Babe

gambling

in 1919 Series

by Babe

in Cuba

at Fenway

Royal Rooters in

Gandil, Chick

Black Sox scandal of

of White Sox

ghostwriters

for Babe

for Cobb

The Home Run Kid: or How Pep Pindar Won His Title
(Ruth) by

Giants.
See
New York Giants

godlike

Babe as

Babe predicting homer as

goliath

the Great War

1918 Series during

Babe impacted by

baseball antidote to

baseball impacted by

Dead Ball Era impacted by

ending

military draft during

“work or fight” draft order in

Griffith, Clark

Headin' Home

Babe in

Hollywood accounting in

lawsuit over

as unsuccessful

Windom directing

heroic

Herrmann, August

of Cincinnati Reds

of National Commission

Heydler, John

city series stopped by

as replacing Tener

hitting

Babe style copied in

boys copying Babe in

Cravath record in

Freeman homer record in

lively ball better for

Matthias at

physics of

scientific style of

Seybold record in

WAR in

Williamson record in

Worden record in

hitting, of Babe

1920 records in

AL pitching rules helping

as “all or nothing”

bat used in

comments on

Cravath record topped by

developing in

disliking Fenway for

every homer a record for

experimenting with

Freeman record topped by

as greatest ever

happiest during

historic month for

as hitting third

homers 50–51 as

idol of

against Johnson, W.

lefty pitchers as struggle for

McInnis on

mechanics of

as nearly transcendent

physics of

Polo Grounds a fit for

publicity on

pulling the ball skill in

Seybold record topped by

in slump

with sore finger

strikeouts during

swing mechanics in

unique style of

WAR in

Williamson record topped by

Worden record topped by

Hoblitzell, Dick

Babe replacing

as Red Sox first baseman

Hollywood

accounting of

Babe visiting

home run friendly parks

Baker Bowl as

Columbia Park as

Freeman and Williamson records from

Worden record from

The Home Run Kid: or How Pep Pindar Won His Title
(Ruth)

Home Run King

as Babe in Boston

Babe to this day as

as making other teams look good

in Roaring Twenties

home runs

1917 major league total 335 as

1918 major league total 235 as

1919 major league total 447 as

Caldwell hitting

Cravath record in

as defining moment

Freeman homer record in

novelty of

Seybold AL record of

Williamson record in

Worden record in

home runs, major league

1917 total 335 of

1918 total 235 of

1919 total 447 of

home runs, of Babe career

AL pitching rules helping

Babe Ruth Home Run Log

career number 100 in

career number 103 in

defining

developing in

every homer a record for

as good publicity

as greatest ever

happiest hitting

as Home Run King

idol of

from lively ball

as money earning

as nearly transcendent

as NYY priority

public interest energized by

as public interest focus

pulling the ball skill in

scientific baseball opposite of

sins covered by

statistics of

home runs, of Babe season

1920 spring training for

1927 totaled 60 in

AL homer record topped in

AL record topped

Babe Ruth Home Run Log

comments on

Cravath record topped by

dead balls limiting

epidemic of

in every AL park

Fenway disliked for

first as Yankee for

Freeman record topped by

happiest hitting

historic month for

homers 50–51 as

Lewis misplaying

no help from

number 50–51 in

as NYY priority

predicting

as public interest focus

scientific baseball opposite of

Seybold record topped by

statistics of

in Tampa

Williamson record topped by

Worden record topped by

homer.
See
home runs

hoodoo

in 1920 spring training

Red Sox taking

as Yankee jinx

Hooper, Harry

in 1918 strike

on gambling

as Red Sox on-field manager

Hornsby, Rogers

Hot Springs, AR, spring training

House that Ruth Build.
See
Yankee Stadium

Huggins, Miller

Babe batting third for

Babe told about trade by

Babe trade blessed by

as NYY manager

as wanting Babe in right field

Hunt, Marshall

on Babe besting Worden

as Babe ghostwriter

as Babe-dedicated reporter

Huston, Tillinghast L'Hommedieu (“Cap Huston”)

1920 income of

AL suit of

as displeased with Johnson, B.

financially winning

as Insurrecto

Mays trade battle of

Mays traded to

McGeehan on

as NYY owner

Yankee Stadium built by

icon status

Igoe, Johnny

on 1919 income of Babe

as advisor and friend

with Babe in California

as defacto agent-manager

income

of 1918 Series players

in 1919 3-year $30,000

of 1920 AL

of Babe at Red Sox

celebrity for

contract adjusted for

from Cuba barnstorming

fame opportunity for

Frazee losing

Igoe on

with NYY 1920–21

PCL good for

of players

players against owners over

industrial semipro ball

Babe at Bethlehem Steel for

Babe interested in

as “work or fight” alternative

injuries

to arm or wrist

Chapman death from

to head

to knee

pulled muscles

Red Sox hurt by

to rib muscles

as sore finger

insurance

Insurrectos

AL suit of

as looking for a fourth

Pipe Dream League of

as Red Sox, NYY and White Sox

International League

Jackson, Joe

Black Sox scandal of

value of

Jacksonville, FL, spring training

Johnson, Ban

AL demoting

Babe and Owens feud ignored by

city series stopped by

Comiskey against

death of

on Fenway gambling

Frazee battling

Giants displeased with

Huston displeased with

insurrection against

legacy of

Mack trades with

Mays suspension by

Mays trade battle of

of National Commission

NYY suing

Ruppert against

syndicate baseball of

trade machinations of

on “work or fight”

Johnson, Walter

as battling Babe

lively ball difficult for

as most valuable player

of Senators

Landis, Kenesaw Mountain

Lane, F. C.,
Baseball Magazine

Lannin, Joseph

death of

Fenwick sale talking

Frazee deals of

as Red Sox owner

Lardner, Ring

on 1919 Series fix

on homers

on New York

Lasker, Albert

as Cubs owner

Lasker plan of

Leonard, Dutch

as Red Sox pitcher

in semipro ball

Lewis, Duffy

Lieb, Fred

lively ball

Babe homers 50–51 from

Babe homers from

as better for hitters

Chapman death from

Dead Ball Era countered by

as difficult for Johnson, W.

as jumping off the bat

new baseball era of

standards lead to

as worse for pitchers

Loyal Five

Macbeth, W. J.

on Babe and NYY defeat

on Babe NYY position

Mack, Connie

Federal League and

Johnson, B., trades with

as Philadelphia A's owner

Martin, Ed

on 1918 Series end

as Spanish flu victim

Mathewson, Christy

on Babe trade rumors

as pitcher

as transcendent figure

Matthias (brother)

Mays, Carl

in 1918 Series

AL reinstating

with Babe barnstorming

Chapman death by

Fenway booing

Frazee trading

implosion of

Johnson, B., trading

Red Sox quit by

suspension of

trade war over

as traded to NYY

McGeehan, Bill

on bigger ballpark needs

on Infant Swatigy

of
New York Tribune

on Ruppert and Huston

McGraw, John

on Babe Tampa homer

Cuba barnstorm of

as Giants manager

McInnis, Stuffy

in 1918 Series

on Babe swing

as traded to Red Sox

military draft

Crowder of

“work or fight” order on

during WWI

Mitchell, Fred

money.
See
income

movies.
See
film

My Lady Friends

mythology

branding of

as Colossus

evolutionary basis of

as godlike Babe

hard facts contrast with

Headin' Home
as

useless stories as

naïveté

National Baseball Hall of Fame

National Commission

Black Sox scandal concerning

city series stopped by

Frazee restructuring

Heydler of

Johnson, B., on

Landis new head of

Lasker plan for

one commissioner system for

Tener on

on “work or fight”

National League 73

Black Sox scandal of

Cravath record in

New York American

on Babe batting spree

on Babe besting Worden

on Babe magnanimity

on Babe trade

on spring training Babe

on spring training homer

New York City

Babe a fit in

Babe joins NYY in

Babe moving to

Babe reaction of

Babe thriving in

Babe with upper crust of

big money in

blue laws end in

Boston compared with

fans in

publicity different in

Roaring Twenties in

New York
Daily News

on Babe besting Worden

Babe column in

Hunt of

on spring training homer

New York Giants

1917 Series of

city series of

as displeased with Johnson, B.

market stranglehold of

Mathewson of

McGraw managing

Polo Grounds home of