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Last King of the Sports Page: the Life and Career of Jim Murray, 1919-1962 LAST KING OF THE SPORTS PAGE: THE LIFE AND CAREER OF JIM MURRAY, 1919-1962 By TED GELTNER A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2009 1 © 2009 Ted Geltner 2 To Jill, Cassie, Bethany and Luke 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank the members of my doctoral committee, Dr. William McKeen, Ted Spiker, Dr. Maria Coady and Dr. Ronald Rodgers for their support and guidance during the research and writing of this dissertation. Their assistance has been invaluable and without it this project would not have been possible. This project also would not have been possible without the help of the friends, relatives and colleagues of Jim Murray who were willing to answer my questions and offer suggestions as to the best way to pursue this story. Among them were: Andy Crichton, Bill Christine, Bill Thomas, Blackie Sherrod, Bob Steiner, Carol Hamel, Bob Creamer, Frank Deford, Frank McCulloch, Furman Bisher, Gilbert Lilijedahl, Jack Disney, Jerry Suppicich, Joe Santley, Marge Everett, John Hall, Jon Sandberg, Eric Sandberg, Marie Hewins, Melvin Durslag, Richard Patrissi, and Rose D‘Ambrosia. I‘d also like to thank Matt Allen for allowing me to share the valuable research he had previously conducted into the Murray family history. I also wish to acknowledge Dr. Mark Smith and Dr. Pat Miller of Valdosta State University for providing me with the support to pursue this project while at the same time helping to get me up and running as a lecturer and student-newspaper advisor in the English Department at VSU. This project was greatly assisted by the research conducted by Peter Knapp at the Watkins Library at Trinity University, Ken Buckbee in Connecticut and Shane Wilson in Georgia. Thanks also to Dr. Winkler Weinberg for his medical wisdom. Together, Dr. David Bulla of Iowa State University and I began research into the life of Jim Murray in 2006 and co-authored an article about Murray‘s role in the creation of Sports Illustrated. Dr. Bulla graciously stepped aside and allowed me to pursue this dissertation, and for that I am grateful. 4 Linda McCoy-Murray helped me more than I ever could have hoped for or dreamt. She patiently answered every question I asked, no matter how irrelevant it may have seemed (―What did Jim wear when he wrote his columns?‖) She put me in touch with dozens of Jim‘s closest friends and associates. And she invited me into her home, allowed me to spend hours sifting through Jim‘s files and memorabilia in her garage, and even served as my tour guide and recreation director for four enjoyable days in La Quinta, California. For all of the above, I will forever be in her debt. I wish to thank my parents, Mike and Jane Geltner, for all of the tremendous love and support they have provided me, on this project and in many other pursuits through the years. They have offered unquestioning encouragement in all my pursuits, and I will never be able to adequately express my appreciation. The trio of Cassie, Bethany and Luke Geltner provided ample assistance by both cheering me on as I struggled to ―bang out pages,‖ and giving me a respite whenever needed. They make my life better each and every day with their smiles and laughter. And above all, I am thankful to my wife, Jill, for making my life worth living. She has patiently assisted me every step of the way toward this degree, and has always been willing to pick up the slack while I pursued my goals. Even more, though, I am grateful to her for always being there to help me to remember what is truly important in life. 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS page ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...............................................................................................................4 LIST OF TABLES ...........................................................................................................................8 LIST OF FIGURES .........................................................................................................................9 ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................................................10 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................11 A Short History of the Sports Column ...................................................................................17 Methodology ...........................................................................................................................22 Literature Review ...................................................................................................................23 The Jim Murray Archives .......................................................................................................29 2 THE CONNECTICUT YEARS, 1919-1943 ..........................................................................34 A Place Called Sligo ...............................................................................................................34 A House Full of Uncles ..........................................................................................................37 Don‘t Call Me Bud .................................................................................................................43 The First in the Family ...........................................................................................................46 Writing for Money ..................................................................................................................48 3 THE LOS ANGELES EXAMINER YEARS, 1944-1947 ........................................................60 California Dreamin‘ ................................................................................................................60 Life in the Big City .................................................................................................................65 Of Passion and Crime and Greed ............................................................................................69 Love and Marriage ..................................................................................................................74 The Halls of Justice ................................................................................................................80 We Slept With Our Shoes On .................................................................................................84 4 THE TIME YEARS, 1948-1953 .............................................................................................96 Joining the American Century ................................................................................................96 Hollywood Reporter ...............................................................................................................98 A Parade of Stars ..................................................................................................................101 Man of the World ..................................................................................................................105 Finding a Voice .....................................................................................................................109 A Hidden Talent Emerges ....................................................................................................113 6 5 THE SPORTS ILLUSTRATED YEARS, 1953-1960 ............................................................118 ‗Fair, But Not Objective‘ ......................................................................................................118 The Great Experiment ...........................................................................................................121 Part-time Sportswriter ...........................................................................................................126 A Deadly Serious Fan ...........................................................................................................131 Ocean of Joy .........................................................................................................................135 A Fateful Choice ...................................................................................................................138 6 THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, 1961-62 .................................................................................145 Megalopolis ..........................................................................................................................145 A Good Man in a Bar ............................................................................................................148 Let‘s Dot Some I‘s ................................................................................................................150 Boys of Summer ...................................................................................................................152 Stirring the Pot ......................................................................................................................156 City Assassin ........................................................................................................................160 7 CONCLUSION.....................................................................................................................169 LIST OF REFERENCES .............................................................................................................175
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