Cartwright, Alexander, 47
Chance, Frank, 63
Chesbro, Jack, 33
Chicago American Giants, 24
Chicago Cubs
foul-ball souvenir, 91
home ballpark, 82
National League
championships, 49–50, 63
poem, 63
vs. Reds in 1917, 95
Weeghman as owner, 86, 91
World Series, 42, 62–63, 98
Chicago Whales, 79, 82, 86
Chicago White Sox
American League
championship, 50
scandal, 100–102
vs. Indians in 1916, 91
vs. Tigers in 1910, 61–62
World Series, 94–95, 100–102
Chicago White Stockings, 14, 42
Cicotte, Eddie, 100–101, 102
Cincinnati Reds, 80, 90, 95,
100–102
Clark, Dan, 39
Cleveland Indians, 82, 90, 91
Cleveland Naps, 50–51
Cobb, Ty “The Georgia Peach”
batting titles, 60–61, 72, 87
career and personality, 35–36
1910 season, 60–62
stolen base record, 35–36, 87
World Series, 59
Collins, Eddie, 64, 72, 95
Columbia, 16
Columbia University, 34, 39
Comiskey, Charles, 15, 100, 101
Comiskey Park, 55
Coombs, Jack, 62–63
Cooper, Charlotte, 11
Corbett, “Gentleman” Jim, 12
Cornell University, 20, 34, 36, 67,
87, 96
Corriden, John “Red,” 61
Craig, Ralph, 70
Criger, Lou, 28
Cuban X-Giants, 22, 23–24
Cumberland University, 90
Cy Young Award, 26, 75, 104
Daniels, Charles, 31, 40, 43
Dartmouth College, 22
Davis, Dwight Filley, 13
Davis Cup, 13, 20, 42, 79, 82
Dawson, Joe, 68, 69
de Coubertin, Baron Pierre, 10,
29, 30, 31
DeMar, Clarence, 67
Dempsey, Jack, 96, 99, 103–104
DePalma, Ralph, 68–69, 70,
84–85, 86
Detroit Tigers, 16, 36, 50–51, 59,
72. See also Cobb, Ty “The
Georgia Peach”
Dineen, Bill, 26
Donerail, 77
Dorais, Gus, 77
Doubleday, Abner, 46–47
Doyle, Larry, 65
Dreyfuss, Barney, 55, 58
duckpins, 13
Duffey, Arthur, 20
Eckersall, Walter, 37, 39
Ederle, Gertrude, 95
Eisenhower, Pres. Dwight, 72
Empire City car race, 33
Engle, Clyde, 73
Evans, Chick, 81
Evers, Johnny, 50, 63
Ewry, Ray, 10–11, 31, 43, 48, 49
Faber, Red, 94–95
Federal League, 77, 78–80, 86
Federation Cup, 13
Federation Internationale de
Football (FIFA), 33
Felsch, Happy, 95, 101, 102
Fenway Park, 55, 68, 69, 72, 73,
80, 94
fishing, 40
Fitzsimmons, Robert, 12
Flanagan, John, 30
flying, stunt, 66
Flynn, “Fireman” Jim, 99
Follis, Charles, 33
football
association. See soccer
college, 6, 7, 8, 16, 18, 67, 92,
96
early professional, 20–21
first indoor game, 21
first night game, 21
first use of timing pattern for
passes, 77
first use of uniform numbers,
52
“flying wedge” formation,
41
greatest mismatch, 90
race relations, 33
rule changes and reforms,
41–42, 59, 71
and soccer, 33, 34
Forbes Field, 55
Ford, Alexander, 44
Foster, Andrew “Rube,” 23–24
Freeman, Buck, 28
Freeth, George, 44
Fulton, Fred, 99
Gainor, Del, 91
Gallant Fox, 104
Gandil, Chick, 102
Gans, Joe, 43
Gardner, Larry, 73
Genuine Risk, 84
Georgia Institute of Technology, 90
Gibson Girl drawings, 12
Gold Cup, 31
golf, 11, 12, 13. See also British
Open; Masters; Professional
Golfers Association (PGA)
Championship; U.S. Open
Goss, Eleanor, 99
Gotch, Frank, 77
Gould, Jay, 42
Goux, Jules, 77
Gowdy, Hank, 93
Grand Challenge Cup, 81
Grange, Red, 71
Grant, Charlie, 15
Green, Dorothy, 83
Guggenheim, Robert, 57
Hagen, Walter, 81–82, 104
Hahn, Archie, 43
Hall, Bad Joe, 102
Hall, Henry, 95
Halswelle, Wyndham, 48
Harroun, Ray, 64, 65
Hart, Marvin, 39
Harvard Stadium, 22
Harvard University
football, 22, 63, 67, 72, 82
rowing, 81
soccer, 34
track and field, 20
Hayes, Johnny, 48, 56
Heath, George, 33
heavyweight championship
(boxing)
1900, 12
1905, 39
1908, 52–53
1910, 60, 61
1913, 77
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