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04484aam a2200505 i 4500 001 CEBA2974F7C811EEA295DCDF29ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240411010026 008 240410s2024 vaua e b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2023027643 020 $a 1640126058 020 $a 9781640126053 035 $a (OCoLC)1369509555 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCO $d TP7 $d OCLCO $d KAH $d OCLCO $d YDX $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 082 04 $a 940.421 $2 23 084 $a 940.421 $b LEE 100 1 $a Leeke, Jim, $d 1949-, $e author. 245 14 $a The gas and flame men $h [Book] : $b baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I / $c Jim Leeke. 246 30 $a Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during WWI. 264 1 $a [Sterling, VA] : $b Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, $c [2024]. 300 $a xi, 223 pages : $b illustrations (black & white) ; $c 24 cm. 365 $a 01 $b 37.00 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a List of Illustrations -- Nashville -- Gabby -- Frightfulness -- Winter -- Good Scout -- CWS -- France -- Summer -- Final Innings -- Shipping Out -- Autumn -- Choignes -- Homecomings -- Saranac Lake -- Cooperstown -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 520 $a "When the United States officially entered World War I in 1917, it was woefully underprepared for chemical warfare, in which the British, French, and Germans had been engaged since 1915. In response, the U.S. Army created an entirely new branch: the Chemical Warfare Service. The army turned to trained chemists and engineers to lead the charge--and called on an array of others, including baseball players, to fill out the ranks. The Gas and Flame Men is the first full account of Major League ballplayers who served in the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I. Four players, two club executives, and a manager served in the small and hastily formed branch, six of them as gas officers. Remarkably, five of the seven--Christy Mathewson, Branch Rickey, Ty Cobb, George Sisler, and Eppa "Jeptha" Rixey--are now enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York. The son of a sixth Hall of Famer, player and manager Ned Hanlon, was a young officer killed in action in France with the First Gas Regiment. Prominent chemical soldiers also included veteran Major League catcher and future manager George "Gabby" Street and Boston Braves president and former Harvard football coach Percy D. Haughton. The Gas and Flame Men explores how these famous baseball men, along with an eclectic mix of polo players, collegiate baseball and football stars, professors, architects, and prominent social figures all came together in the Chemical Warfare Service. Jim Leeke examines their service and its long-term effects on their physical and mental health--and on Major League Baseball and the world of sports. The Gas and Flame Men also addresses historical inaccuracies and misperceptions surrounding Christy Mathewson's early death from tuberculosis in 1925, long attributed to wartime gas exposure."--Amazon.com. 520 $a The Gas and Flame Men tells how chemical warfare changed the course of World War I, war in general, and the game of baseball -- with famous players stepping away from the game to serve and fight in France. 600 10 $a Cobb, Ty, $d 1886-1961. 600 10 $a Sisler, George, $d 1893-1973. 600 10 $a Rixey, Eppa, $c Jr., $d 1891-1963. 600 10 $a Mathewson, Christy, $d 1880-1925. 600 10 $a Street, Gabby, $d 1882-1951. 610 10 $a United States. $b Gas Regiment, 1st $b Gas Regiment, 1st $v Biography. 610 10 $a United States. $b Engineer Regiment, 30th (Gas and Flame) $b Engineer Regiment, 30th (Gas and Flame) $v Biography. 610 10 $a United States. $b Chemical Warfare Service $b Chemical Warfare Service $x History. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $x Chemical warfare. 650 0 $a Baseball $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Baseball $x History. 650 0 $a Baseball players $x History $v Biography. 650 0 $a Baseball players as soldiers $y 20th century. 776 08 $i Electronic version: $a Leeke, Jim, 1949- $t Gas and flame men. $d [Lincoln] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2024] $z 1640126112 $w (OCoLC)1416744837 941 $a 1 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20240411010518.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CEBA2974F7C811EEA295DCDF29ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search