August "Garry" Herrmann
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-3073-4 (ISBN)
August Garry Herrmann entered the murky waters of 19th century machine politics in Cincinnati, serving as a trusted lieutenant to one of the most powerful political bosses in the country, George B. Cox. Herrmann, a gifted man who introduced modern management principles to municipal government and oversaw the committee that built Cincinnati's modern water works system, eventually did for baseball what he did for his home town, guiding it into a new century.
Along with George B. Cox and Cincinnati mayor Julius Fleischmann, Herrmann bought the Cincinnati Reds from John T. Brush in 1902. By 1903 he had chaired the peace conference between the leagues that ushered in the modern game. With the leagues united, Herrmann was selected to head up the National Commission, a three-person ruling body that governed major league baseball in the years before the commissionership.
William A. Cook is the author of numerous books, including 11 on baseball history, and has appeared in productions on ESPN2 and the MLB Network. A former health care administrator and township councilman in North Brunswick, New Jersey, he resides in Manalapan, New Jersey.
Table of Contents
Introduction
I. Career Path to the Major Leagues
II. The Rise of the American League
III. The Machine Buys the Reds
IV. The National Commission
V. Fleischmann Re-elected and a World Series Begins
VI. The Machine Crashes
VII. The Ed Phelps Decision
VIII. Tinker to Evers to Chance and a Little Help from Herrmann
IX. Accolades for Herrmann and Merkle’s Boner
X. 1909—A Year of Tragedies and Triumphs
XI. Batting Kings and a Feud with Fogel
XII. The Fat Lady Sings for a Boss and a Palace
XIII. Cobb Explodes and Taft Tumbles
XIV. National League Melodrama
XV. The Teflon Boss
XVI. Herrmann’s Joe Tinker Experiment
XVII. War with the Feds Begins
XVIII. Feds Fold and the Sisler Decision
XIX. 1916—Grief and Turmoil for Herrmann
XX. The Great War and the Great American Game
XXI. 1919—Baseball’s Achilles’ Heel
XXII. Herrmann Quits and the Scandal Breaks
XXIII. The Black Sox Trial
XXIV. Herrmann’s Last Stand
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.11.2007 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 35 photos, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 535 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-3073-7 / 0786430737 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-3073-4 / 9780786430734 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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