The Selling of the Babe (47 page)

 

Index

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achievements

Cravath record

Freeman record

Seybold record

Williamson record

Worden record

achievements, of Babe

in 1915 Series

in 1916 Series

in 1918 Series

AL homer record

Babe Ruth Home Run Log of

Cravath record topped

domino effect of

every homer a record

fame as

Freeman record topped

historic month of

Johnson, W., topped as

in pitching

Seybold record topped as

stolen bases as

Williamson record topped as

Worden record topped as

adored and approachable

agents

Carrigan as

Igoe as

O'Leary as

Walsh as

AL.
See
American League

alcohol problems, of Babe

accidents from

playing problems from

“all or nothing” hitting

Babe bigger than baseball by

Babe style copied in

American League

1919 Series investigation by

1920 attendance record of

1920 income for

anti-Semitism of

Babe breaks homer record in

Black Sox scandal of

Frazee, Ruppert, Comiskey board of

homer in every park of

Insurrectos suing

Johnson, B., demoted by

Johnson, B., legacy in

Mays reinstated by

new pitching rules in

NYY 1919 Series award from

review board of

syndicate baseball resulted in

anti-Semitism

attendance

1920 record of

city series for

down

as NYY priority

as NYY record against Indians

record for 1920 NYY

attention loving

the Babe or Bambino

Ruth, G., Jr., as

Ruth, G., Jr., becoming

Babe Ruth Day

bonus on

at Fenway

teammates not supporting

Baer, Bugs

on Babe trade

as
Headin' Home
writer

Baker, Frank (“Home Run”)

ball.
See
Dead Ball Era; lively ball

ball standardization

1919 ball livelier from

rules for

WWI impacting

Baltimore

Red Sox 1919 exhibition in

Ruth family in

Baltimore Orioles

Babe bought by

International League

Red Sox 1919 exhibition with

Barber, Turner

barnstorming

after 1920 season

on California PCL

in Cuba

money from

with NYY

Red Sox Independents in

wrist injury from

Barrow, Ed

1918 Series lineup of

Babe arguing with

Babe moved to first by

Babe moved to outfield by

Babe suspended by

on Babe Tampa homer

on Babe trade

Babe worth pondering

as genius at NYY

as ill-suited for managing

as International League manager

pitching needs of

as Red Sox manager

scientific baseball of

slump blamed on

Baseball Magazine

bat

competition for

uniqueness of

Bethlehem Steel

bigger than baseball

Black Sox scandal

blue laws

circumventing

as income limiting

New York ending

Sunday play banned by

Bolshevism

during 1918 Series Game 5

amongst players

Boston

Babe move from

Babe rejected by fans in

Babe trade reaction of

big money outside

blue laws in

fans in

New York City compared with

notorious parts of

as Puritan and Catholic

Royal Rooters in

as small market

Spanish flu in

Boston American

Boston Globe

on 1918 Series end

on 1918 strike

on Babe homer records

on Babe Tampa homer

Babe trade support from

on Frazee and Johnson, B., feud

Martin of

Taylors owning

Webb of

Boston Herald

Babe trade cartoons of

Babe trade criticism of

Boston Post

on Babe Tampa homer

Babe trade cartoon of

Babe trade neutrality of

Duffy on 1918 strike

Reynolds blames Barrow

Shannon of

Boston Record

Boston Red Sox

$150,000 Ruth offer to

1915 Series of

1916 Series of

1918 Series of

1918 spring training for

1919 Baltimore exhibition of

1919 opening
vs.
NYY

1919 spring training for

Babe 1919 3-year $30,000 from

Babe and NYY beaten by

Babe antics costly for

Babe in slump with

Babe income at

Babe sold by

Babe trade rumors for

Barrow blamed for slumping

Barrow managing

Bush pitcher for

crowds for Babe and

Curse of the Bambino for

Fenway expansion of

Frazee owner of

Frazee selling

Hoblitzell first baseman for

homers no help for

Hooper as on-field manager

injuries hurting

as Insurrecto

Lannin sale of

Leonard pitcher for

Mays implosion for

Mays quitting

Mays trade warring

Mays traded by

McInnis traded

NYY better than

NYY hoodoo taken by

NYY profit from Babe and

ownership tangle of

pitching needs of

public interest flagging in

Quinn owning

religion restricting

Russell traded to

Ruthless losing

Ruthless winning

salary cap limiting

slumping

small market of

takeover attempt for

Yawkey owning

branding

of Babe

Walsh completing

Bressler, Rube

Broadway.
See
theater

brooding and slumping

A. L. Burt Company

Bush, Joe

Caldwell, Ray

California

Carrigan, Bill

Casey, Harry

of
Boston Record

as Spanish flu victim

celebrity

Chapman, Ray

Chester shipyard ball

Chicago Cubs

1918 Series of

Barber of

Doyle scout for

Lasker owning

Mitchell managing

Chicago White Sox

1917 Series of

1919 Series losing

Cicotte of

Comiskey owner of

Gandil of

as Insurrecto

Jackson of

Mays implosion against

Seybold record

trading for Mays

childhood

Cicotte, Eddie

Black Sox scandal of

as pitcher

Cincinnati Reds

city series

National Commission stopping

NYY
vs.
Giants as

Cleveland Indians

Babe and Owens feud in

Coveleski of

in Loyal Five

NYY attendance record with

Spanish flu of

Speaker of

Cobb, Ty

Babe black to

Babe on

as greatest star

on hitting of Babe

Colossus

Comiskey, Charley

on AL board

AL suit of

Babe offer of

as Insurrecto

against Johnson, B.

White Sox owned by

conscription.
See
military draft

Coveleski, Stan

Cravath, Gravy

criticism

Crowder, Enoch

“work or fight” on hold by

WWI draft administrator

crowd-pleaser

Cuba

Cubs.
See
Chicago Cubs

Curse of the Bambino

Dead Ball Era

1918 Series in

1918 spring training of

Babe limited by

lively ball countering

as old baseball

WWI impacting

deaths

of Chapman

of Frazee

of Johnson, B.

of Lannin

of Ruppert

Detroit Tigers

Cobb of

in Loyal Five

Spanish flu of

Speaker of

disease

alcoholism as

Spanish flu as

venereal disease as

Doyle, Jack

draft.
See
military draft

drinking problem, of Babe

accidents from

alcoholic with

playing problems from