The Howleyites: Toronto's Changing City, A Stadium Rising, and The Champions of 1926

Toronto was an international city on the rise in 1926, as Canada was starting to flex its muscles on the world stage diplomatically and economically. The country was making advances in medicine, literature, academia, the arts, transportation, and technology, and nowhere was this more evident than in Toronto. By virtue of its central location, the city was becoming a major manufacturing, financial, and transportation hub.

Prosperity also created demand for leisure offerings, and baseball was ...