The Chicago Cub Shot for Love: A Showgirl's Crime of Passion and the 1932 World Series
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Description
In the summer of 1932, with the Cubs in the thick of the pennant race, Billy Jurges broke off his relationship with Violet Popovich to focus on baseball. The famously beautiful showgirl took it poorly, marching into his hotel room with a revolver in her purse. Both were wounded in the ensuing struggle, but Jurges refused to press charges. Even without their star shortstop, Chicago made it to the World Series, only to be on the wrong end of Babe Ruth's legendary Called Shot. Using hundreds of original sources, Jack Bales profiles the lives of the ill-fated couple and traces the ripple effects of the shooting on the Cubs' tumultuous season.
ISBN
9781467148481
Publication Date
2021
Publisher
The History Press, part of Arcadia Publishing
City
Mount Pleasant (SC)
Keywords
Chicago Cubs, Billy Jurges, Violet Popovich, Baseball, History
Disciplines
American Popular Culture | Cultural History | Other American Studies
Recommended Citation
Bales, Jack, "The Chicago Cub Shot for Love: A Showgirl's Crime of Passion and the 1932 World Series" (2021). Administrative Faculty Books. 3.
https://scholar.umw.edu/administrative_books/3