Terror in the City of Champions (51 page)

58.
“shoot at a person who is running . . .”:
DN
, January 27, 1936.

59.
“many of the teachings would frighten . . .”:
DFP
, April 17, 1934.

59.
Col. Pickert soon joined the effort:
DFP
, April 19, 1934.

The Superstitious Schoolboy and His Gal

60.
collection of good-luck charms:
DN
, September 1, 1934.

60.
Rogell stepped on third base:
DFP
, July 26, 1934.

60.
Black Betsy:
DN
, August 29, 1934.

60.
He insisted on being in that seat:
DFP
, July 22, 1934.

61.
S
CHOOLBOY
I
S
I
NVINCIBLE
:
DFP
, July 29, 1934.

61.
“Young Master Rowe can’t pitch nine full innings . . .”:
New York Daily News
, July 31, 1934.

62.
“Rowe pitched one of the greatest . . .”:
DN
, August 18, 1934.

63.
“Frank Merriwell in the flesh”:
DFP
, August 2, 1934.

63.
“Man Mountain from Arkansas”:
DN
, May 28, 1934.

63.
“The Pygmy from El Dorado”:
DFP
, August 2, 1934.

63.
“Today they’re pitching . . . he’ll be immortal, too”:
DN
, August 25, 1934.

63.
“handsome in the athletic way . . .”:
Philadelphia Inquirer
, August 29, 1934.

64.
“has practically a fool-proof face”:
DN
, August 25, 1934.

64.
“He’s becoming nervous”:
DFP
, August 29, 1934.

64.
“He will break Rube . . .”: Ibid.

64.
“Rowe probably will not be beaten . . .”: Ibid.

64.
“The man had been crying”:
New York Daily News
, August 29, 1934.

64.
“Aww, you can’t miss, kid . . .”: Ibid.

65.
Rowe looked haggard:
DFP
, August 30, 1934.

65.
“How’s he look? . . . as he goes along”:
New York World-Telegram
, August 30, 1934.

65.
“You need some help. . . . Get to it”: Ibid.

65.
“I guess it was just not my day”:
DFP
, August 30, 1934.

65.
“too many colored people . . .”: Lester,
Black Baseball’s National Showcase
, 44.

66.
Mollenhauer fire:
DT
, June 13, 1936;
Pontiac Press
(MI), June 24, 1936; and
DFP
, June 25, 1936.

67.
“I’ve been knowing Edna ever since we were kids”:
DT
, August 31, 1934.

67.
Rowe on Rudy Vallee show:
DN
, August 31 and September 2, 1934.

68.
“My name is Edna Mary . . .”:
DT
, September 16, 1934.

68.
love story was sweet, true, and endearing: Author interviews with Greg and Jamie Bishton, grandsons of Schoolboy and Edna Rowe.

68.
sodas and sundaes:
DN
, September 21, 1934.

68.
“I know everybody in the town . . .”:
DT
, August 29, 1934.

Happy Rosh Hashanah, Hank

69.
all of whom gently encouraged him:
DN
, September 11, 1934.

69.
“Happy New Year, Hank”:
DFP
, September 9, 1934.

69.
“You tell Henry Greenberg . . .”:
DN
, September 11, 1934.

70.
“In a game such as this . . .”:
DT
, September 10, 1934.

70.
“I hope I did . . . on my conscience”:
DN
, September 11, 1934.

70.
“celebrated Rosh Hashana . . . civic duty”: Ibid.

70.
“a truly great competitor . . . very fine chap”: Ibid.

70.
“Oi, Oi, Oh, Boy!”:
The Sporting News
, September 12, 1934.

71.
“They seemed surprised I didn’t have horns . . .”: Ritter,
The Glory of Their Times
, 311.

71.
“My religion was seen . . .”: Ibid., 328.

71.
Tanton Apartment residents:
Detroit City Directory
1935
.

71.
“There was a sign there . . .”: Auker,
Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms
, 99.

71.
“mixed . . . he’s not all Jewish”: Bennett,
Ford
, 83.

71.
Effinger had some ideas: Maurice Sugar Collection, Sugar Memo, Box 18, and FBI files, August 7, 1936, letter from agent H. H. Reinecke to J. Edgar Hoover.

72.
“This time it’s different . . .”:
DN
, September 17, 1934.

72.
“I wish I had 100,000 . . .”:
DN
, September 23, 1934.

73.
“They’re the best of them all”:
DN
, September 12, 1934.

73.
“Keep your chin up, lad . . .”:
DN
, September 19, 1934.

74.
“I hope you win that pennant, Mr. Navin”:
DFP
, September 18, 1934.

74.
“You don’t think . . . get past those fielders”:
DT
, September 18, 1934.

74.
“So many things can happen . . .”:
DFP
, July 25, 1934.

75.
“I’ve been on four championship clubs . . .”:
DT
, September 25, 1934.

75.
“If we don’t win the pennant . . .”:
DN
, September 23, 1934.

75–76.
“world’s best batboy”:
DN
, September 30, 1934.

76.
“Yes, sir, you’ve got a great pitcher . . .”:
DT
, August 30, 1934.

76.
“I’m going to make a prediction . . .”:
DN
, September 25, 1934.

Oh, Those Dean Boys

77.
Hotel scene with Dean brothers:
DN
, October 3, 1934.

77.
“I know just what you want me to say . . .”: Ibid.

78.
“You’re telling the genuine truth, Diz”: Ibid.

78.
“never saw a city wilder”: Frisch,
Frank Frisch
, 173.

78.
“Detroit is as crazy about the Tigers . . .”:
New York Evening Journal
, October 3, 1934.

79.
“All the boys flocked around him”:
DFP
, August 17, 1935.

79.
“I think the Tigers are not as good . . .”:
DN
, October 4, 1934.

80.
“Henry Ford’s big plant slipped by . . .”:
DN
, October 5, 1934.

80.
“a yell that nearly stopped the tower clock”: Ibid.

81.
playing on a broken ankle: Bak,
Cobb Would Have Caught It
, 268.

81.
“a tongue lashing”: Lieb,
The Detroit Tigers
, 208.