Story Credits:

Authors: Jeff Silverman and Charles Hardy III, West Chester University, with contributions by Cary Eberly, L. Spencer Riggs and Angela Stanert.

Captions: Charles Hardy III and Jeff Silverman, with the assistance of Marie Brown Wilson

Digital Rights, Image Research: Marie Brown Wilson with the assistance of Charles Hardy III

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Acknowledgements:
Archives of Chatham College
Arnold Devlin
Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia
Audrey Hankinson Tiller Collection
Bill Layne Wilson
Blooming Grove Hunting and Fishing Club
Bruce C. Cooper, DigitalImageServices.com
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
C. C. Morris Cricket Library and Museum, Haverford College, Pa.
Chestnut Historical Society
Chester County Historical Society
Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society
Corbis-Bettmann
Corrine Macauley
Cumberland County Historical Society
Dave Kester.
Devon Horse Show
Dianne Bowders
Ed Slane Collection
Edinboro University Archives
Foxburg Country Club and Golf Course
Hershey Community Archives
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
John DiSanto, www.phillyboxinghistory.com
John D. Fair
John Mosley Collection, Courtesy Charles L. Blockson Afro American Collection, Temple University
KDKA Radio/Westinghouse Broadcasting Group
Kyle Coemgenus
Latrobe Area Historical Society, Latrobe, Pa
The Learned T. Bulman '48 Historic Archives and Museum, Washington and Jefferson College.
L. Spencer Riggs
Library of Congress
Library Company of Philadelphia
Michael Greiner
NASA
National Baseball Hall of Fame Library
National Gallery of Art
Oberlin College Archives, Oberlin, Ohio
Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa.
Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission
Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society
Philadelphia Cricket Club
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Tribune
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania State Archives
Pocono Raceway
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Reverend Michael J. Moran
Rob Ruck
Robert E. Sweeney
Senator John Heinz History Center
Spanierman Gallery, LLC, New York
Sullivan County Genealogical Web
The Sporting News
State Museum of Pennsylvania
The Tillinghast Association
Tom Murphy VII
U. Grant Miller Library Digital Archives, Washington and Jefferson College
Unitas Management Corporation, Baldwin, Maryland 21013
University Archives and Records Center, University of Pennsylvania Archives
University of Notre Dame Archives
Urban Archives, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia
Wheaton College Archives and Special Collections
Willie Thrower Foundation
Wilson Collection
Wyoming Historical and Geological Society
York Barbell Company