My Favorite Stories by Irvin S. Cobb
Big Chief Meyers a former New York Giants catcher is a well educated art lover with a sharp wit. He twice names his favorite paintings Abbey's Quest for the Holy Grail in Boston and Custer's Last Stand and explains he values the white artist presenting Native Americans fairly.
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Meyers
New York Giants
Mathewson
Torres
John Meyers
Abbey
Boston Public Library
Boston
Custer
Golfing Gaffe Sparks Rules dispute at country club
Two elderly merchants Abrams and Shapinsky vie for a dollar per hole on a September afternoon. Abrams lifts a sanded ball from a bunker with his hand claiming the rule allows it. Shapinsky protests, cites the rulebook, and Abrams offers to be sued.
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Messrs. Abrams and
Shapinsky
Montague Glass
Abrams
Mr. Shapinsky
Mr. Abrams
Bulger Seeks Draft Truth From A Humble Alabama Workman
On his Alabama visit Col Bozeman Bulger chats with a husky negro who claims he avoided service after being drafted. He recalls overseas service with the AEF and asks why he did not stay in the army. The man explains the draft caught him but the officer released him, citing fear Germans would not be shot and mocking his flat feet as a reason he would not fall if shot.
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Alabama
Bozeman Bulger
Bulger
Darky
Negro
The Blame Goes With the Name
George Barr McCutcheon visits a Boston bookshop finds his Graystark with a torn fly leaf he signs it then offers to buy it back. The dealer calls the copy mutilated and offers seventy five cents for the signed volume.
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George Barr McCutcheon
Boston
Culture
McCutcheon
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