Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215) and index.
Where the river broadens out -- The College of the Holy Cross -- From Worcester to Notre Dame -- The National League -- Tebeau's Indians -- "He's the stuff and he's the people" -- The polo grounds -- Fall from grace -- The 1898 season -- Sitting the bench -- "The sorriest shell of a team ever seen" -- "A sorrowful spectacle" -- Bender, Meyers, and Andrew Sockalexis -- The end of the line -- Louis Sockalexis and the Cleveland Indians -- Epilogue