About the Author

Franklin ""Whitey"" Lewis started at the Cleveland Press in 1929 as the boxing writer and soon became the assistant sports editor. He left to become a radio sportscaster but returned to the Press in 1939 as its sports columnist, holding that position until his death in 1958. Russell Schneider was a sportswriter and columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer for thirty-two years. He is the author of The Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia