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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION. The Chicago Cubs: From Early Excellence to the Golden Age to That Darn Goat
1 TITLE TIME?
Comments of the Cincinnati Press on the Late Base-Ball Match—Chicage Times, 1870
2 BASEBALL, CELEBRATED AND LAMPOONED
This National Game—New York Times, 1881
America's National Game—Outing, 1888
Fall Field Sport—Chicago Times, 1876
4 "CAP"
Cap Anson of Marshalltown: Baseball's First Superstar—David L. Porter, Palimpsest, 1980
Open Letter to Anson—Chicago Daily Tribune, 1897
5 THE $10,000 BEAUT!
When Fans Roared "Slide, Kelly, Slide!" at the Old Ballgame—James A. Cox, Smithsonian, 1982
Death to Kelly—Boston Daily Globe, 1894
Part II. From the Colts to the Dynasty
6 FROM TEETOTALING TO EGYPT
The Lessons of the League Campaign of 1888—Spalding's Official Baseball Guidebook, 1889
The Great Baseball Trip Around the World in 1888-'89—Spalding's Official Baseball Guidebook, 1889
7 HOT TIME AT THE HOT SPRINGS
Start Play This Week: Orphans Finish Their Training at Hudson Hot Springs—Chicago Daily Tribune, 189
8 CHI-TOWN FANDEMONIUM
Nearly Everybody in Chicago is Crazy About Baseball—Chicago Daily Tribune, 1906
Frantic Rooters Crowd the Field—Chicago Daily Tribune, 1906
9 EVERS ON THE GLORY YEARS
Touching Second: The Science of Baseball—John J. Evers and Hugh S. Fullerton, 1910
10 BARTMAN'S GOT NOTHIN' ON MERKLE
Story of the Merkle Game—I. E. Sanborn, Chicago Daily Tribune, 1912
Bluff of Giants Typical—I. E. Sanborn, Chicago Daily Tribune 1908
Manager O'Day Takes from Evers Credit for Famous Merkle Play—Chicago Daily Tribune, 1914
11 CUBS, CHAMPIONS!
Cubs Supreme in Baseball World— I. E. Sanborn, Chicago Daily Tribune, 1908
12 CENTENNIAL BROWN
Three-Fingered Immortal—Ed Burkholder, Sport, 1953
13 POLITICS AT THE PARK
President's Day at Chicago—Spalding's Official Baseball Guide, 1910
Part III. From the Hangover through the Roaring Twenties
14 OH MY! IT'S O'DAY!
Evers Deposed as Cubs Leader; O'Day Gets Joh—Sam Weller, Chicago Daily Tribune, 1914
15 GROVER'S HIGHS AND LOWS
His Own Worst Enemy—Andrea I. Paul, Nebraska History, 1990
16 SHARE SQUABBLE AT THE SERIES
Adjustment Today, Players' Demand—Melville E Webb Jr., Boston Daily Globe, 1918
Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1918: A New Kansas City Piece by Ernest Hemingway—George Monteiro, Ame
Ronald Reagan: Above All, the Gipper was a Good Sport—Gary Peterson, 2004
18 HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, MAJESTIC LIFE
Wrigley Spent Fortune to Make Cubs Champs—James Crusinberry, Chicago Daily News, 1932
Busher Joe McCarthy—Joe Willimas, Saturday Evening Post, 1939
20 HAYMAKER HACK
Hack Wilson Fined $100—Chicago Daily News, 1929
Part IV. From Depression-Era Greatnes to That Darn Goat
21 RAJAH IN CHARGE
M'Carthy Likely To Go; Hornsby Rumored for Job—Chicago Daily News, 1930
22 DID HE CALL IT?
Home Runs by Ruth, Gehrig Beat Cubs, 8-5—Edward Burns, Chicago Daily Tribune, 1932
23 WHAT DEPRESSION? THIRD WORLD SERIES IN SEVEN YEARS
All World Thrilled By Big Series—Gene Morgan, Chicago Daily News, 1935
Well-Spent Dime—Ron Coons, Louisville Courier-Journal & Times, 1975
25 SPEAKIN' OF HARTNETT
Gabby Likes 'Em Hot—Warren Brown, Saturday Evening Post, 1939
26 SWOONIN'
The Decline and Fall of the Cubs—Stanley Frank, Saturday Evening Post, 1943
27 MAYBE NEXT YEAR?
Back Cubs with Heagy Betting—John P. Carmichael, Chicago Daily News, 1945
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