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Rogers Hornsby Collection, Sporting News Archives, St. Louis, Missouri.

Hornsby Family Genealogy, in possession of Brad H. Hornsby, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Hornsby Family Records, Austin History Center, Austin, Texas.

Joe McCarthy Collection, National Baseball Library, Cooperstown, New York.

Branch Rickey Collection, National Baseball Library, Cooperstown, New York.

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Runnels County Deed Records, County Clerk’s Office, Ballinger, Texas.

Clerk of the Circuit Court Records, City of St. Louis, 1919–35, Civil Courts Building, St. Louis, Missouri.

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Articles

Alexander, Charles C. “The Tempestuous Texan: Rogers Hornsby.” Legacies 2 (spring 1990), pp. 29–35.

Bennett, Joseph E. “The Hornsby Years.” Texas Mason 2 (spring 1993), pp. 12–17.

Breit, Harvey. “Mister Baseball Starts His Second Career.” New York Times Magazine, May 11, 1952, pp. 15f.

Brown, William E. Jr. “Sunday Baseball Comes to Boston.” National Pastime 14 (1994), pp. 83–85.

Cobb, Ty. “They Don’t Play Baseball Any More.” Life 32 (March 17, 1952), pp. 136–138f.

———. “Tricks That Won Me Ball Games.” Life 32 (March 24, 1952), pp. 63–64f.

Colver, J. Newton. “Hornsby the Greatest Batter of All Time.” Baseball Magazine 20 (October 1927), pp. 507–508ff.

Gershman, Michael. “Wooden Weapons.” Sports Heritage 1 (July–August 1987), pp. 25–32.

Gietschier, Steven P. “Bill Veeck: Indian Chief.” Timeline 7 (April–May 1990), pp. 28–39.

———. “The Short, Sweet Indian Summer of Satchel Paige.” Timeline 6 (April–May 1989), pp. 44–53.

Gould, James M. “How Rogers Hornsby Was Chosen the Most Valuable Player.” Baseball Magazine 19 (January 1926), pp. 361–362.

Graff, Henry F. “Hornsby, Rogers.” In John A. Garraty, ed., The Dictionary of American Biography: Supplement Seven, pp. 364–366. New York: Scribner’s, 1981.

“The Great Hornsby Mystery: Was Rajah Too Ambitious?” Literary Digest 96 (February 25, 1928), pp. 57–60.

“Hard-Boiled Hornsby Starts in on the Browns.” Life 32 (March 31, 1952), pp. 84–86.

Hornsby, Rogers. “How to Get Fired.” Look 17 (July 14, 1953), pp. 76–81.

Hornsby, Rogers, and Tim Cohane. “It’s Still Baseball, Ty Cobb!” Look 16 (June 17, 1952), pp. 55–64.

Hornsby, Rogers, and Kyle Crichton. “Here’s What I Mean.” Collier’s 102 (July 16, 1938), pp. 20f.

Hornsby, Rogers, and Bill Surface. “You’ve Got to Cheat to Win in Baseball.” True 14 (August 1961), pp. 59–60ff.

———. “What Home-Run Fever Is Doing to Baseball.” This Week Magazine, March 25, 1962, pp. 12ff.

“Hornsby Out.” Time 30 (August 2, 1937), p. 35.

“Hornsby’s Bend.” Texas Public Employee 23 (August–September 1968), pp. 10–11f., 10–13.

Lane, Franklin C. “The Amazing Hornsby Deal.” Baseball Magazine 21 (March 1928), pp. 435–436f.

———. “The Greatest Player in the National League.” Baseball Magazine 23 (May 1930), pp. 535–536f.

———. “Hornsby Moves On.” Baseball Magazine 22 (January 1929), pp. 343f.

———. “Hornsby’s Winning System.” Baseball Magazine 19 (November 1926), pp. 540–541f.

———. “How Rogers Hornsby and Frank Frisch Compare.” Baseball Magazine 20 (June 1927), pp. 291–293f.

———. “The Last of the Field Leaders.” Baseball Magazine 24 (July 1931), pp. 343–344.

———. “The Passing of Rogers Hornsby.” Baseball Magazine 25 (October 1932), pp. 487–488f.

———. “Rogers Hornsby: A $250,000 Star.” Baseball Magazine 14 (April 1921), pp. 507–510f.

Lipsyte, Robert. “Rajah’s Return.” New York Times Magazine, April 29, 1962, pp. 36ff.

“Lively Controversy over the Lively Ball.” Literary Digest 103 (October 5, 1929), pp. 78–81.

Macht, Norman. “Woody English Insists—The Babe Didn’t Point.” Baseball Research Journal 20 (1991), pp. 67–68.

Mason, Ward. “The Star of the 1916 Recruits.” Baseball Magazine 9 (October 1916), pp. 45–48.

Meany, Tom. “Browns Stop Singin’ the Blues.” Collier’s 129 (June 12, 1952), pp. 16–17ff.

“New Job, Old Attitude.” Newsweek 38 (October 22, 1951), p. 91.

Paul, Gabe. “Who Says Hornsby’s Too Tough?” Sport 8 (July 1953), pp. 20–21f.

Peck, Cecil. “Risk-Taking and Compulsive Gambling,” American Psychologist 41 (April 1986), pp. 461–465.

Price, Bill. “Braves Field.” Baseball Research Journal 7 (1978), pp. 1–6.

“Rajah Deposed.” Time 59 (June 23, 1952), p. 57.

“Sad Decline of Base-Thievery in Baseball.” Literary Digest 82 (August 2, 1924), pp. 52–53.

Shutt, Timothy Baker. “Year of the Booming Bat.” Sports History 1 (September 1987), pp. 26–33.

Smart, Steve. “Les Tietje.” National Pastime 13 (1993), pp. 81–83.

Stockton, J. Roy. “Can the Rajah Rejuvenate the Browns?” Saturday Evening Post 224 (February 9, 1952), p. 30f.

Stull, Dorothy. “Conversation Piece: Rogers Hornsby.” Sports Illustrated 6 (September 10, 1956), pp. 32–34f.

Stump, Al. “Ty Cobb’s Wild Ten-Month Fight to Live.” True 14 (December 1961), pp. 38–41ff; reprinted in Charles Einstein, ed., The Baseball Reader, pp. 282–300. New York: Lippincott and Crowell, 1980.

Surface, Bill. “The Last Days of Rogers Hornsby.” Saturday Evening Post 236 (June 15, 1963), p. 72ff.

Toporcer, George. “The Greatest Hitter of All Time.” Baseball Bluebook 7 (May 1953), pp. 66–73.

“Under Hornsby and Veeck the Browns Have Ideas.” Look 16 (June 12, 1952), pp. 67–68f.

Vaughn, Gerald F. “Jorge Pasquel and the Evolution of the Mexican League.” National Pastime 12 (1992), pp. 9–13.

“Where the Consistent Hitter Wins Out: Interview with Rogers Hornsby.” Baseball Magazine 19 (September 1926), pp. 438f.