Mysteries from baseball's past
Subtitle: investigations of nine unsettled questions
By: edited by Angelo J. Louisa and David Cicotello ; foreword by Troy Soos
Publisher: McFarland & Co. Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, NC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786445547
Description: "This includes: the discovery of Ed Delahanty's body at Niagara Falls, suicide of Chick Stahl, serious death of NL president Harry Pulliam, the case of a game that may never have been played, gambling scandals involving Hall of Famers, facts behind legendary matchups of Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson, and reasons behind the Brooklyn Dodgers move to LA"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: When the national pastime meets a good mystery / Angelo J. Louisa and David Cicotello; title: Delahanty's disappearance : where Is the king of Swatsville? / Jerrold Casway; title: The suicide of Chick Stahl / Dennis H. Auger; title: The strange death of Harry C. Pulliam / Angelo J. Louisa and Floyd Sullivan; title: In search of Wilbur Cooper and Pete Alexander's 1-0 game / David Cicotello; title: The mysterious Mr. Cicotte / Gene Carney; title: The O'Connell-Dolan affair : scandal or hoax? / Daniel E. Ginsburg; title: Unraveling the Cobb-Speaker scandal / Timothy M. Gay; title: Satch vs. Josh : the showdown in shadow ball / David C. Ogden; title: The Brooklyn Dodgers, the move to Los Angeles, and the search for villains : was Walter O'Malley a bum, a victim, or something else? / Robert Trumpbour.