Before Wrigley became Wrigley : the inside story of the first years of the Cubs' home field /
Deveney, Sean.
Before Wrigley became Wrigley : the inside story of the first years of the Cubs' home field / Sean Deveney. - iv, 268 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-262) and index.
The Cubs and the north side, day one -- The Chicago Theological Lutheran Seminary lot -- Lucky Charley Weeghman -- Charles Webb Murphy -- Joe Tinker and the Federal League -- Weeghman and the war -- Crisis management -- Murphy and Evers -- Groundbreaking on the north side -- The battle of the dock -- "The fellows from the north side were actuated with pride" -- A promising start for the new league -- War and strategy -- Lazy days -- Stretch run, 1914 -- Peace foiled -- "I must have signed Walter" -- Showdown in Judge Landis' court -- The 1915 season begins -- The Cubs, the Whales, and the future of Chicago baseball -- A champion of the north side -- The Cubs head north -- Epilogue.
"The scrambled construction of Weeghman Park in 1914 is at the heart of Before Wrigley: The inside story of the first years of the Cubs' home field. The book will explore the early years of Wrigley Field, when it bore a different name and housed a different team. Sean Deveney has mined documents and resources from baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, as well as the Chicago History Museum, to supplement the reports in newspapers and magazines of the day, giving readers a behind-the-scenes look at the origins and birth pangs of the park"--
1613216483 (hardback) 9781613216484 (hardback)
2014004231
Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)--History.
Wrigley Field (Chicago, Ill.)--History.
Before Wrigley became Wrigley : the inside story of the first years of the Cubs' home field / Sean Deveney. - iv, 268 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-262) and index.
The Cubs and the north side, day one -- The Chicago Theological Lutheran Seminary lot -- Lucky Charley Weeghman -- Charles Webb Murphy -- Joe Tinker and the Federal League -- Weeghman and the war -- Crisis management -- Murphy and Evers -- Groundbreaking on the north side -- The battle of the dock -- "The fellows from the north side were actuated with pride" -- A promising start for the new league -- War and strategy -- Lazy days -- Stretch run, 1914 -- Peace foiled -- "I must have signed Walter" -- Showdown in Judge Landis' court -- The 1915 season begins -- The Cubs, the Whales, and the future of Chicago baseball -- A champion of the north side -- The Cubs head north -- Epilogue.
"The scrambled construction of Weeghman Park in 1914 is at the heart of Before Wrigley: The inside story of the first years of the Cubs' home field. The book will explore the early years of Wrigley Field, when it bore a different name and housed a different team. Sean Deveney has mined documents and resources from baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, as well as the Chicago History Museum, to supplement the reports in newspapers and magazines of the day, giving readers a behind-the-scenes look at the origins and birth pangs of the park"--
1613216483 (hardback) 9781613216484 (hardback)
2014004231
Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)--History.
Wrigley Field (Chicago, Ill.)--History.