03774cam a2200325 i 4500 335262258 ER5 20150514120000.0 140627s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014946643 9781598533729 hardcover 159853372X hardcover YDXCP eng rda YDXCP BDX BTCTA FM0 OCLCO BKL VP@ IAD MNM CLE SKYRV ER5 rda Heinz, W. C, 1915-2008, (Wilfred Charles.) The top of his game : the best sportswriting of W.C. Heinz / edited and with an introduction by Bill Littlefield. New York, N.Y. : Library of America, 2015. New York, N.Y. : Library of America, [2015] ℗2015. xviii, 594 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p. 571-577) and index. Introduction: True to the way it happens / by Bill Littlefield -- Out of the war. Transition: Autumn 1945 -- On the beat. Memories of a great jockey: George M. Woolf, 1910-1946 -- Beau Jack is good customer: "Ah'm buyin' hats..." -- Down memory lane with the Babe: The ascension of George Herman Ruth -- About two guys named Joe: DiMaggio and Louis are picture-perfect sportsmen -- German Heavyweight checks in: Hein Ten Hoff says "Ja" to America -- "They used to fight dogs": Ringside with William Jennings Bryan -- Rumpus in the living room: "Toughie" Brasuhn, queen of the roller derby -- Uncle Mike is back: You can tell he's all right, he won't listen to Morgan -- Late afternoon on the Harlem: The Columbia freshmen are first on the river -- How they told Charlie Keller: The Yankees send a good man down -- Jake steals the show: Mintz crowned heavyweight manager of the world -- Death of a race horse: Air Lift, son of Bold Venture -- The psychology of horse betting: Hooked on the thrill of almost winning -- "The lost leader": Gardella drops his suit against baseball -- Retired undefeated heavyweight champion: Or, How Joe Louis makes a living -- Out in the world. Brownsville bum: Al ("Bunny") Davis, 1910-1945 -- The day of the fight: Graziano-Zale, September 27, 1946 -- The fighter's wife: Norma Graziano gets through the night -- Punching out a living: Billy Graham, boxing's uncrowned champ -- Young fighter: The trouble with McNeece is that he fears nothing -- Brockton's boy: A rising Marciano lifts all boats -- Scouting for the Yankees: Between phone calls with Paul Krichell -- The rocky road of Pistol Pete: The Dodger they padded the walls for -- The ghost of the gridiron: Red Grange could carry the ball -- Work horse on ice: Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings -- The happiest hooligan of them all: What a card this Pepper Martin is! -- The rough and tumble life: Jim Tescher, rodeo rider -- The twilight of boxing: They're dimming the lights at Stillman's Gym -- Among the monuments. The shy one: The quiet power of Floyd Patterson -- The man who belongs in blue jeans: Jim Tescher revisited -- So long, Jack: John C. Hurley, 1897-1972 -- The fireman: Joe Page's good days -- The artist supreme: Dancing with Willie Pep -- The coach, relived: Willie Davis talks Vince Lombardi -- The greatest, pound for pound: There's only one Sugar Ray -- The smallest titan of them all: Eddie Arcaro rode to win -- Somebody up there likes him: The life and times of Rocky Graziano. Thirty eight profiles of the top athletes of his day by sportswriter W.C. Heinz. Sports journalism. Sports journalism. 20th century. Sports Biography 20th century. Littlefield, Bill, editor.