Title
The Show Girl and the Shortstop: The Strange Saga of Violet Popovich and Her Shooting of Cub Billy Jurges
Document Type
Article
Journal Title
Baseball Research Journal
Publication Date
Fall 2016
Abstract
The 1932 Chicago Cubs baseball season is probably best remembered for Babe Ruth’s gesture during the third game of the Cubs-Yankees World Series. Ruth may or may not have “called his shot,” but with her own shots earlier that summer, a young Chicago woman named Violet Popovich unknowingly set in motion the events that would indirectly lead to one of the most famous moments in baseball history.
Publisher Statement
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Recommended Citation
Bales, Jack. “The Show Girl and the Shortstop: The Strange Saga of Violet Popovich and Her Shooting of Cub Billy Jurges.” Baseball Research Journal 45 (Fall 2016): 66–77.
Comments
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