Carl Mays: My Attitude Toward the Unfortunate Chapman Matter
Editor’s note: This interview appeared in the November 1920 issue of Baseball Magazine. Carl Mays is unpopular. And his big league career has been stormy beyond all…
Mays Addresses Criminal Charges, Future in Baseball
After Ray Chapman’s death, reaction was swift and merciless toward Carl Mays, the pitcher who had thrown the fatal beanball. “Mays should be strung up,” Doc Johnston…
American League in Disarray as 1920 Dawned
Major League Baseball was at a crossroads in 1920. After weathering the storm of the Federal League, the American and National Leagues – then run as separate…