No money, no beer, no pennants : the Cleveland Indians and baseball in the great depression /

"The Cleveland Indians of 1928 were a far cry from the championship team of 1920. They had begun the decade as the best team in all of baseball, but over the following eight years, their owner died, the great Tris Speaker retired in the face of a looming scandal, and the franchise was in terrib...

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Main Author: Longert, Scott (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2016.
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