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Tinker Evers Chance TINKER to EVERS to CHANCE TINKER to EVERS to CHANCE The Chicago Cubs and the Dawn of Modern America DAVID RAPP THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO & LONDON The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 2018 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations in critical articles and reviews. For more information, contact the University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637. Published 2018 Printed in the United States of America 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 1 2 3 4 5 ISBN- 13: 978- 0- 226- 41504- 8 (cloth) ISBN- 13: 978- 0- 226- 41518- 5 (e- book) DOI: https:// doi .org /10 .7208 /chicago / [9780226415185] .001 .0001 Frontispiece photo (left to right): Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, NY.) Epigraph poem: “That Double Play Again,” by F. P. Adams, as it first appeared in the New York Evening Mail, July 12, 1910. (Microfilm image courtesy of Jack Bales.) Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Rapp, David, 1951– author. Title: Tinker to Evers to Chance : the Chicago Cubs and the dawn of modern America / David Rapp. Description: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017041630 | ISBN 9780226415048 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780226415185 (e- book) Subjects: LCSH: Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)—History. | Evers, Johnny. | Tinker, Joe, 1880–1948. | Chance, Frank L. (Frank Leroy), 1877–1924. | Baseball—History. Classification: LCC GV875.C6 R36 2018 | DDC 796.357/640977311—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017041630 ♾ This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48- 1992 (Permanence of Paper). To my father, ROBERT M. RAPP (1925– 2011) .
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