Ross Youngs:: In Search of a San Antonio Baseball Legend

by David King

Overview

Though Ross Youngs has been enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame since 1972, few have given his remarkable career its due. Born in Shiner and raised in San Antonio, Youngs played his first game as a professional at the age of sixteen, and just three years later, his contract was purchased by the New York Giants, one of baseball's elite teams in the early twentieth century. Tragically, his promising career ended when he died from an illness at age thirty in 1927. Join author David King in a journey to discover the amazing Youngs as he was and the incredible legacy he left behind.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626191105
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/21/2013
Series:	Sports
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

David King is creative director of Discovery Clinical Trials, a freelance writer and journalist from New Braunfels. Previously, he was a sports writer for the San Antonio Express News and an editor at Texas State University. He has collaborated on projects with the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Table of Contents

Introduction 5

Prelude: Cooperstown, New York 9

1 Shiner 17

2 112 Armistead Street, San Antonio 20

3 Alamo Heights 26

4 Bartlett 29

5 Electric Park, San Antonio 33

6 Sherman 36

7 Marlin 41

8 Menger Hotel, San Antonio 49

9 Blanco Road, San Antonio 58

10 Hot Wells 68

11 104 West Forty-second Street, New York 78

12 Yankee Stadium 88

13 Seguin 97

14 Canyon Lake 107

15 614 West Euclid Avenue, San Antonio 117

16 New Braunfels 122

17 Physicians and Surgeons Hospital, San Antonio 127

18 Mission Burial Park, San Antonio 132

Bibliography 137

Index 141

About the Author 144