Weathering Spring Training: The Chicago Federals in Shreveport, Louisiana, 1914
INTRODUCTION Someone should have told Charles H. Weeghman to be “careful of what you wish for,” because wishes sometimes come true. Weeghman found fame and fortune in turn-of-the-century Chicago with a chain of downtown quick-lunch restaurants. Like many of his contemporaries, he itched to be involved in the world of sports, and after a few […]