For fourteen years during the golden age of sports, Paul Gallico
was one of America's ace sportswriters. He saw them all--the stars
and the hams, the immortals and the phonies in boxing, wrestling,
baseball, football, golf, tennis, and every other field of muscular
endeavor in which men and women try to break hearts and necks for
cash or glory. Then in 1937, at the height of his game (and the
height of the payroll), Gallico suddenly and famously called it
quits and left the "New York Daily News." But before he departed
the world of sports, he left his legions of fans one last hurrah: a
collection of his best sports essays called, appropriately,
"Farewell to Sport."
Here, in twenty-six chapters, every major and minor sport is
covered. Included are sketches of Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Gene
Tunney, Tex Rickard, and Jack Sharkey, written in an accessible,
conversational style. Often credited with creating "participatory
journalism," Gallico would play golf with Bobby Jones, catch Major
League pitcher Dizzy Dean's fastball, swim with Johnny Weissmuller,
play tennis with Helen Wills, catch passes from quarterback Benny
Friedman, and box with Jack Dempsey (he lasted one minute,
thirty-seven seconds).
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