Table of Contents
Author's Note ix
Preface xii
Chapter 1 "Football Day" 1
Chapter 2 The Kangaroo Kicker 13
Chapter 3 From Scrummage to Scrimmage 21
Chapter 4 Mass Plays and Mass Popularity 33
Chapter 5 To Madison 43
Chapter 6 The Challenge of Amateurism 52
Chapter 7 "The Most Mischievous Offender of the Year" 62
Chapter 8 The Rise of the Football Media 71
Chapter 9 "Bigger Than Any of Pillsbury's Great Mills" 82
Chapter 10 "There's Murder in That Game" 93
Chapter 11 Slugball 105
Chapter 12 "There's Money in It" 116
Chapter 13 "They All Knew Stagg Was a Sham" 126
Chapter 14 East vs. West 137
Chapter 15 A Premature End 156
Chapter 16 "The Most Disgraceful Scandal Ever Known" 167
Chapter 17 "The Silent Protest of the Nineteen Graves" 187
Chapter 18 Football's New Rules 202
Epilogue 209
Afterword 227
Acknowledgments 230
Sources and Notes 233
Index 295
About the Author 304