Judge Fuchs and the Boston Braves, 1923-1935 Book

Judge Emil Fuchs wore many hats as owner and, for one season, manager of the Boston Braves, but his favorite was that of a fan. The Judge, a former semipro catcher and respected New York attorney, simply loved the game of baseball - so much that in 1923 he bought the Braves, in large part to bring the ailing Christy Mathewson back into the sport as club president. The Braves never won a pennant between 1923 and 1935, but the Judge contributed greatly to the city of Boston and to the game, bringing Sunday baseball, Ladies Days, and the fondly remembered "Knot Hole Game" (kids were charged a nickel) to Braves Field. Emil Fuchs's son Robert shares much from the Judge's unpublished memoirs, in which he wrote about Braves players such as Casey Stengel, Roger Hornsby, Wally Berger, Rabbit Maranville and Babe Ruth.