Bill
Veeck papers and sound recordings, 1940-1977.
Finding Aid the Collection at Chicago
History Museum, Research Center
By Corey Seeman; rev. by Scott Ondercin,
2013
Chicago History Museum, Research Center
1601 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60614-6038
Web-site:
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Society, 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, Ill.
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Title:
Bill
Veeck papers and sound recordings [manuscript],
1940-1977.
Main
entry: Veeck, Bill.
Inclusive
dates: 1940-1977.
Size:
17 linear ft.
3 v. (Scrapbooks).
4 oversize folders.
sound recordings (11 boxes) (0MM.138)
Restriction:
Unprocessed portions in collection. Contact research@chicagohistory.org for
access to unprocessed portions. Staff will typically respond to your inquiry
within two weeks. However, due to the high volume of inquiries and depending
upon the nature of your request additional time may be required to respond.
Please note that not all material will be available for researcher access due
to condition, location, staff availability, confidentiality and/or other
factors. Scheduling an appointment to view available material may require
several additional weeks.
Restriction:
For listening purposes, it is necessary to use a copy, not the original (and to
have a listening copy made if one is not available).
Provenance
statement: Gift of Mary-Frances Veeck (M1983.0022).
Terms
governing use: Copyright may be retained by the
creators of items or their descendants, as stipulated by United States
copyright law, unless otherwise noted.
Please
cite this collection as: Bill Veeck
papers and sound recordings (Chicago History Museum) plus a detailed
description, date, and box/folder number of a specific item.
This finding aid
contains the following sections:
Summary description of the collection,
List of online catalog headings about
the collection,
Arrangement of the collection,
List of contents of the collection.
Summary
description of the collection:
Incoming letters; newsclippings;
reports; 3 scrapbooks; oversize cartoons and other items; and other baseball
related materials of Bill Veeck (William Louis Veeck, Jr., 1914-1986), a
promoter of Major League Baseball and one-time owner of the Chicago White Sox
franchise. Also includes reel-to-reel audio recordings of the radio program
series "Bill Veeck Views the World of Sports" on WBBM-AM Radio, with
Bill Veeck and hosted by Bob Cunningham.
List
of online catalog headings about the collection:
The following headings about this
collection were placed in the online catalog.
Subjects:
Veeck, Bill--Archives.
Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)
Major League Baseball (Organization)
WBBM (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)
Bill Veeck views the world of sports.
Baseball--Illinois--Chicago--20th
century.
Baseball team owners--Illinois--Chicago--20th
century.
Baseball teams--Illinois--Chicago--20th
century.
Radio programs--Illinois--Chicago--20th
century.
Chicago (Ill.)--Social life and customs--20th
century.
Form/genre:
Audiotapes.
Correspondence.
Newspaper clippings.
Radio programs.
Reports.
Scrapbooks.
Added entries:
WBBM (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)
Bill Veeck views the world of sports.
United States--Illinois--Cook County--Chicago.
Arrangement
of the collection:
Series 1. Personal papers (box 1-2)
Series 2. Published items (box 2-7)
Series 3. Scrapbooks (3 volumes)
Oversize folders
Audio tapes (audio box 1-9)
Unprocessed 9 boxes Closed
until processed
List
of contents of the collection:
Series
1. Personal papers (box 1-2)
box 1
folders:
1 General
papers, 1965-1973
Oklahoma
property
2 Incoming
correspondence: November 1966-September 1967
3 Incoming
correspondence: October 1967-April 1968
4 Incoming
correspondence: May 1968-December 1968
5 Legal
Documents, 1963-1969.
6 Misc.
technical drawings.
7 Articles:
Good Grief, They've done it again!, by Veeck and Ed Linn (baseball expansion
and franchise shifts, ca. 1967)
8 Articles:
My Plan to Remodel the Majors, by Veeck, Sport, May, 1968 (draft and notes)
9 Publicity
material: Bill Veeck Views the World of Sports, ca. 1967-1970
10 Publicity
material: Speaking engagements, 1960-1969
11 Publicity
material: Suffolk Downs (Boston, MA) Race Track, 1969-1970
box 2
folders:
1 Veeck,
a musical autobiography, concept by Paul Werth & book by Les Roberts, ca.
1977.
2 Veeck,
a musical, concept by Paul Werth & book by J.B. Frezacca. 2nd draft,
December 1978, with notes on play by Mary Frances (Mrs. Bill Veeck)
Series
2. Published items (box 2-7)
box 2 continued
items:
3 The
All-American Dollar (uncorrected draft), by Joseph Durso: Introduction and
Chapters 1-3
4 The
All-American Dollar (uncorrected draft), by Joseph Durso: Chapters 4-7
5 The
All-American Dollar (uncorrected draft), by Joseph Durso: Chapters 8-11
6 An
Approach to Finding the Commissioner of Baseball, by Booz, Allen &
Hamilton, (2 copies), ca. 1964
7 Backstage
at the Mets (uncorrected proof), by Lindsey Nelson with Al Hirshberg, 1966
8 Computer
Research in Baseball, by Computer Research in Sports, Inc., ca. 1968
9 A
Farewell to Heroes (uncorrected proof), by Frank Graham, Jr., 1981
box 3
items:
1 Fielder's
Choice: An Anthology of Baseball Fiction (uncorrected proof), by Jerome
Holtman, ed., 1979
2 King
of the Diamond (uncorrected proof), by Lee Allen and Tom Meany, 1965
3 The
Long Season (uncorrected proof), by Jim Brosnan, 1960
4 Nice
Guys Finish Last (uncorrected proof), by Leo Durocher with Ed Linn, 1975
5 Pitcher
Performance Handbook (with cover letter & resume), by Ronald Lewis, 1966
6 A
Study in Brown (with cover letter), by John Sullivan, April 1966
7 Today's
Game (uncorrected proof with cover letter), by Martin Quigley, 1965
box 4
items:
1 The
Way It Is (uncorrected proof), by Curt Flood with Richard Carter, 1971
2 What
I know About Baseball (novelty blank book), by Eddie Glennon, undated
Baseball annuals:
3 American
League, Red Book 1951, 1952, 1954 (2)
4 American
League, Red Book 1959, 1960, 1963
5 American
League, Red Book 1964 (2), 1967
6 American
League, Red Book 1969, 1970
7 American
League, Red Book 1974 (2)
8 American
League, Red Book 1975
box 5
items:
1 American
League, Red Book (annotated by Veeck) 1959 (2), 1960(2)
2 American
League, Red Book (annotated by Veeck) 1965, 1966, 1967
3 American
League, Red Book (annotated by Veeck) 1968, 1972
4 American
League, Reference Book, 1961
5 Baseball
Blue Book, auxiliary publications, 1963
6 Chicago
Cubs, Playbill, 1934
7 Chicago
White Sox, rosters & schedules, 1966-1968
8 Cincinnati
Reds, Yearbook, 1966 (2)
9 Cleveland
Indians, media guide, 1948
10 Eastern
League, Pilot, 1951
11 National
League, Green Book 1942, 1951, 1952
12 National
League, Green Book 1960 (3)
box 6
items:
1 National
League, Green Book 1964, 1967, 1968
2 National
League, Green Book 1969, 1970, 1971
3 National
League, Green Book 1972, 1973
4 National
League, Green Book 1974 (2)
5 National
League, Green Book (annotated by Veeck), 1959, 1963, 1965
6 National
League, Green Book (annotated by Veeck), 1966, 1967, 1968
7 Misc.
annual items, 1965-1970
8 New
York Yankees, Yearbook and scorecard reprint, 1973
9 Pitching
Record Book, 1948
box 7
items:
1 Football,
1933-1967
2 Misc.
publications, 1964-1973
Series
3. Scrapbooks (3 volumes)
Oversize
collection of cartoons and drawings
Oversize folder 1 Baseball:
items:
1 Amadee.
Original b&w cartoon depicting Veeck's struggles with the minor owners of
the St. Louis Browns. Veeck is pictured with fireworks and the minor owners are
holding the matches and is entitled "Now For the Fireworks," ca. 1953
2 Amadee.
Original b&w cartoon of Bill Veeck and Frank lane dressed as Aborigines
putting needles in a Yankees doll and is captioned "Guess Who Hexed Those
Yankees," ca. 1959
3 Cleveland
Free Press. Copy of cartoon of four White Sox players ("Burly" Wynn,
"Lil" Nellie Fox, Luis "The Thief" Aparicio &
"Chicago" Al Lopez) dressed as gangsters under the headline "Our
Normal Game Will Beat Sox," by Cleveland manager Joe Gordon. Underneath
the cartoon are the scores of Chicago's four game sweep of Cleveland and the
phrase "They came, they saw, they conquered," August 28, 1959
4 Darvas,
Lou. Original b&w cartoon depicting a boy in old clothes with a note from
Veeck pinned on him. It reads" Name is Buster Brown, on my way to
Cleveland from St. Louis, Mo. - To have Cleveland take care of him. Excuse his
appearance, and Veeck will give him a good going over when he gets home,"
ca. 1955
5 Darvas,
Lou. Depicts an old man painting another street sign, the 12th, which all list
an important job held by Veeck or a franchise he has owned. the final sign
reads "Chicago, 1959" to which Veeck tells the old man to
"...make this one in gold leaf," ca. 1959
6 Darvas,
Lou. Original b&w (with tan accents) cartoon depicting Bill Veeck as a
jack-in-the-box with signs in each hand on the 1948 Cleveland pennant and the
1959 Chicago White Sox pennant and is captioned "And they said it
”couldn't be done," ca. 1959-60.
7 Darvas,
Lou. Original drawing of the 1948 World Champion Cleveland Indians with the
twelve main players and manager shown, no date.
8 Day,
Robert. Original b&w cartoon of three White Sox players. On is saying,
"I'm worried. If we're finishing first, you know, we can't be such awfully
nice guys," ca. 1959
9 Hainke,
Al, Chicago Daily News. Original color cartoon to serve as a get well card for
Veeck from the ”Chicago ”Daily News Sports Staff. Depicts Veeck in a hospital
bed with TVs and radios blasting, phone ringing, etc. while nurse reprimands,
ca. 1960
10 Mayer,
Dick. Original color cartoon of Eddie Gaedel (midget who had one at-bat for the
St. Louis Browns) with Bill Veeck's face the background. The pitcher says
"I'll need a microscope to find his strike zone," no date (post 1951)
11 Montana,
Bob, Archie comics. Original Archie comic strip with Archie and Jughead talking
about baseball. Underneath, it is signed "With Best Wishes To A Great
Sportsman, Bill Veeck, From "Archie" and Bob Montana," July 14,
1965
12 Perez,
Alex, Los Angeles Times. Original b&w cartoon of the White Sox making their
first visit to Los Angeles since the 1959 World Series and how the players have
all gotten quite old (names 10 players aged 33-41), ca. 1961
Oversize folder 2 Suffolk Downs (Mass.) Race Track
items:
1 Bessel,
Phil. Original b&w cartoon of Veeck discussing the types of promotions he
will have at Suffolk Downs by looking at the promotions he had as a major
league owner and the possibility of a 7' jockey, November 21, 1968
2 Bessel,
Phil. Original b&w (with green accents) depicting Bill Veeck in a Suffolk
Downs sweat shirt pushing a lawn mower with the Yankee Gold Cup and $254, 750
on it through money and is signed, "to Bill Veeck, with my best wishes for
many Gold Cups to come," 1969
3 Bessel,
Phil. Original b&w cartoon of Bill Veeck pondering the types of promotions
he will have at Suffolk Downs in the upcoming year including the $10,000 Lady
Godiva Handicap with Lady Godiva pictured on a horse, 1969
4 B½RO½B.
Original b&w cartoon depicts a forlorn Veeck with broken suspenders (with
Massachusetts Racing Commission written on them) and his pants falling down
revealing 24 days written on his underwear. It is inscribed "gave him the
big let down," ca. 1969
5 B½RO½B.
Original b&w cartoon pertains to the $200,000 Yankee Gold Cup at Suffolk
Downs and comically tells of the French influence on the race with can-can
girls and Veeck wearing a Maurice Chevalier straw hat, ca. 1969
6 Johnson,
Vic. Original b&w cartoon titled "In the Nick of Time" and signed
"to Bill, the kind of guy Boston needs." Pertains to Veeck's
financing plans at Suffolk Downs and depicts Veeck on horseback coming to the
rescue of a New England Patriots (football team) from the oncoming train
(Football Commissioner Pete Rozelle), ca. 1969
7 White,
Leo. Original b&w cartoon honoring Bill Veeck as both the new president of
Suffolk Downs and being named the North Quincy's Montclair Men's Club Man of
the Year, 1969
Oversize folder 3 Misc. cartoons & drawings
items:
1 Anonymous.
Original red ink on white paper depicts Veeck and an unidentified man dressed
for combat with the other man saying to Veeck, "Stick with me, Veeck-I know
the safest way...," undated
4 Gage.
Original caricature of Bill Veeck done with black ink on gray metal sheet, undated
3 Knight.
Original color drawing of Bill Veeck speaking at Bill Veeck Day of the Adcraft
Club of Detroit, January 9, 1970
2 Kordick,
Joe (Chicago Sun-Times). Original b&w (with yellow accents) cartoon wishing
Veeck well while he was in the hospital. Signed by Kordick of the Times, Ed
Feewey, Chester Gabrysink & Roy Gord of the Chicago Tribune, Frank Kilmer
& John Quinn of UPI, and Harry L. Hall, ca. 1960
Oversize folder 4 Photographs
items:
1 b&w
snapshot of Veeck and an unidentified man, undated
2 8x10
in. b&w by Carl F. Stitak (Lorain, Ohio) of a drawing welcoming Veeck as
the main speaker at the Lorain Sports Hall of Fame, undated
3 11.5
x16 in. b&w matted photo of a press conference with Bill Veeck. Len
O'Connor is prominent, undated
4 13x10
in. b&w matted photo of Veeck with two young boys at the William Trotter
School in Boston who were wishing Bill Veeck a happy birthday and thanking him
for his interest in Boston, ca. 1969
5 16x20
in. color team-issue photo of 1959 American League Champion Chicago White Sox,
1959
6 13.25
x10.25 in. b&w matted photograph of Veeck and an unidentified man in an
office, undated
Oversize folder 5 Manuscript items
items:
1 Admirals
Club, Award, February 18, 1970, for Veeck's interest in the development and
future of air transportation
2 Circus
Saints and Sinners Club of America honorary membership 18x23 wooden plaque
given to him on November 25, 1968
3 Lists
of flowers (planted?). No other information given on the document
Original
audio tapes (audio box 1-11) (0MM.138):
Restriction:
For listening purposes, it is necessary to use a copy, not the original (and to
have a listening copy made if one is not available).
In
2013, audio tapes were in these types of boxes: 8 HB/#1-8; 1 slim/#9; 2
PB/#10-11
"Bill Veeck Views the World of
Sports" on WBBM-AM Radio, with Bill Veeck and hosted by Bob Cunningham
Most tapes are reel to reel : 7 1/2 ips
box/tape/show#
The following shows were produced by
Program Associates
(645 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill.
60611)
audio box 1
tape 1: Special Day in Baltimore (1966
World Series vs. Los Angeles)
tape 2: World Series Special (1966 World
Series)
tape 3:
223 Football
predictions
224 Vince
Lombardi
225 What's
going to happen to the Yankees?
226 Chicago
Cubs
227 Frank
Robinson
228 Parents
picking sports for Children
Tape 4 Safety
tape
267 Retirement
of George Weiss
268 Los
Angeles Dodgers tour of Japan
269 Davis
Cup tennis
270 Football
place kickers
271 Most
Valuable Player in baseball
272 Baseball
player's job/activities in the winter
Tape 5 Safety tape
273 Arthur
Allyn (Chicago White Sox owner)
274 Pool
(billiards)
275 Football
injuries
276 Ironmen
in baseball
Presentation
talk by Bob Cunningham
Tape 6 Safety tape
311 Stan
Musial
312 All-star
screwball team (baseball)
313 baseball
in the courts
314 Baseball
Commissioner's report to the fans
315 Football
bowl games
Tape 7
363 National
League spring training appraisal
364 American
League spring training appraisal
365 New
York Yankees chances for 1967
366 Spring
training meetings
367 University
of Illinois scandal
Tape 8
368 Recent
rule changes in basketball
369 Stan
Mikita and Bobby Hull
370 New
baseball managers for 1967
371 Chicago
Bulls future
372 Comeback
baseball players in 1967
Tape 9
373 Bobo
Holloman
374 What's
important in baseball today
375 Conditioning
for professional baseball players
376 Baseball
starting too early
377 Soccer's
weak opening
Tape 10
378 Arnold
Palmer
379 Who
will be rookie of the year?
380 Country
becoming oversaturated with professional sports
381 Best
way to watch a ball game
382 Leo
Durocher
Tape 11
383 Babe
Ruth
384 Japan
in sports
385 Tradition
in golf and tennis
386 Connie
Mack
387 Growth
sports
Tape 12
388 Jim
Taylor
389 1967
baseball trades
390 Jack
Koncannon and the Chicago Bears
391 Greatest
football player in history
392 Need
for a boxing commission
Tape 13
393 New
college punt return rule
394 Relief
pitchers
395 Rocky
Colavito
396 Bill
Bradley
397 Why
does Ralph Houk oppose the pinch hit rule?
Tape 14
398 Big
league scouting
399 Comparing
the two baseball leagues
400 Casey
Stengel's book
401 500
hitters
402 Lady
umpire in professional baseball
audio box 2
Tape 1
403 White
Sox pennant chances
404 Heavyweight
elimination tournament
405 Sports
slumps
406 What's
missing in today's professional athletes?
407 Leo
Durocher as manager of the year
Tape 2
408 Will
this be Boston's year?
409 Whitey
Ford
410 English
Channel swimmers
411 New
putting rule in golf
412 Mike
Epstein
Tape 3
413 Dave
Bristol
414 Baseball's
aid to players
415 Growth
of gymnastics
416 New
football punt rule
417 Salaries
in professional sports
Tape 4
418 Woody
Held trade
419 The
tennis situation
420 Baltimore
Orioles
421 Player
drafts
422 Baseball
managers of 1967
Tape 5
423 Unrest
in sports
424 Future
of soccer
425 Walter
O'Malley and the Dodgers
426 Baseball
Parks
427 Contact
lenses in sports
Tape 6
428 Outstanding
sports events
429 Golden
era of sports
430 30
game winners
431 Importance
of crowds
432 Growth
of leisure sports
Tape 7
433 Baseball
clowns
434 All-Star
baseball game
435 American
tennis
436 Modern
equipment
437 Violence
in sports
Tape 8
438 Jim
Ryan
439 4th
of July leader
440 Football
coaches all-star game
441 Best
baseball trades of 1967
442 Baseball
attendance
Tape 9
443 Packers
all-star game
444 Why
are pitchers such bad hitters?
445 Does
and underdog leading help baseball?
446 Injuries
and pennant
447 Ernie
Banks
Tape 10
448 Minor
Leagues
449 Rick
Barry
450 Baseball's
Hall of Fame
451 Televisions
influence on sports
452 Boating
Tape 11
453 Spitball
454 Bart
Starr
455 Pennant
contenders late season acquisitions
456 Baseball
annual meetings, part 1
457 Baseball
annual meetings, part 2
Tape 12
458 Duffy
Daugherty
459 AFL
& NFL comparison
460 Gamesmanship
461 Training
camps
462 Rocky
Colavito
Tape 13
463 William
Finley
464 New
Orleans Saints
465 Baseball
umpires
466 Baseball
managers
467 Professional
football player revolt
Tape 14
468 7
inning second game of a doubleheader
469 How
important are baseball trades
470 Fenway
Park
471 Professional
golf tournaments
472 Great
sports writers
audio box 3
Tape 1
473 Soccer's
first full year
474 Southern
500 auto race
475 Manager
of the year
476 Marvin
Miller
477 Charles
Finley
Tape 2
478 Importance
of the professional pitching coach
479 Frank
Lane
480 Late
season player acquisition
481 AFL
and NFL comparison
482 Collapse
of pennant picks
Tape 3
483 Veeck
baseball awards, part 1
484 Veeck
baseball awards, part 2
485 Veeck
baseball awards, part 3
486 Eddy
Stanky
487 George
Hallas
Tape 4
488 World
Series - greatest show on earth
489 American
and National League comparison
490 What's
more important than the Series
Tape 5
491 Nicer
Series for the Cardinals?
492 Charles
Finley move
Tape 6
493 Professional
series - behind the scenes
494 Johnny
Unitas
495 Most
valuable players
496 Football
replays
497 What
happened to nicknames in sports
Tape 7
498 Baseball
meeting (must be played before 10/18/67)
499 Where
will baseball expansion players come from?
500 What
about football ratings?
501 Baseball
attendance
502 Competition
for sports fans
Tape 8
503 New
west coast basketball teams
504 Gamblers
in sports
505 Bob
Cousy and the gamblers
506 Effect
of injuries in sports
507 Sports
in Hollywood
Tape 9
508 American
League expansion, part 1
509 American
League expansion, part 2
510 Baseball's
new managers, part 1
511 Baseball's
new managers, part 2
Tape 10
512 Carl
Yastremski
513 Decline
of football in the Big 10
514 Ryder
Cup
515 Joe
Dimaggio & Charles O. Finley
516 Johnny
Unitas and Bart Starr comparison
517 Table
tennis
Tape 11
518 Milwaukee
- big league again? (baseball)
519 Charlie
Grimm
520 Sam
Mele
521 Mexico
pre-Olympics
522 Unions
in sports
Tape 12
523 Celtics
and 76ers
524 A's
in Oakland
525 Lamar
Hunt Stadium in Kansas City
526 Baseball
trades
527 Is
boxing making a comeback?
Tape 13
528 Minor
league professional football
529 Growth
sports
530 Athletic
conditioning
531 Sports
nuts
532 Getting
children to participate in sports
Tape 14
533 Boycott
of the Olympics?
534 Indiana
and the Big 10
535 Baseball's
most valuable player
536 Sports
expansion
537 Football
injuries
audio box 4
Tape 1
538 U.S.
men's tennis
539 Team
morale in football
540 College
football coaches
541 Baseball
minor leagues
Tape 2
542 Bowl
games (must be aired by December 16)
543 Growth
of the major leagues
544 Baseball
trades
545 Effect
of major league expansion on the minor leagues
546 Charlie
Grimm book, part 1
547 Charlie
Grimm book, part 2
Tape 3
548 Spitball
rule
549 Bing
Devine
550 UCLA
in college basketball
551 Heiseman
Trophy winners
552 Tug
Wilson book
Tape 4
553 Avery
Brundage
554 Morale
in football
555 NFL
all-stars
556 Rookie
all-stars
557 Baseball
rebuilding trades
Tape 5 Safety tape
558 Baseball
Expansion
559 Buzzy
Bavasi
560 Booing
561 Negotiations
between players and management in baseball
562 When
will soccer become successful
Tape 6
563 New
football union
564 Playing
out options
565 Professional
wrestling
566 Professional
soccer
567 More
& more football
Tape 7 Safety tape
568 Carl
Yastrzemski (bonus baby)
569 Green
Bay and the Packers
570 Tennis
571 Madison
Square Garden
572 Baseball
contracts
Tape 8
573 World-wide
baseball
574 Walter
O'Malley
575 AAU
vs. NCAA
576 NBA
expansion
577 Joe
DiMaggio
Tape 9
578 Yankees
for sale?
579 New
managers in baseball
580 Paul
Brown
581 Professional
contracts
582 Hall
of fame elections
Tape 10 2/6/68
583 Minnie
Minoso
584 Professional
football draft
585 AAU
& NCAA situation
586 Vince
Lombardi
587 Baseball
draft
Tape 11 2/6/68
588 Professional
basketball
589 Trading
players
590 Professional
Golf (Dean Beman)
591 Player
conditioning
592 Safety
devices in hockey
Tape 12
593 Spring
training
594 Winter
Olympics
595 Football
profits
596 Football
Hall of Fame
597 Hockey
Tape 13
598 National
Indoor Tennis Tournament
599 Basketball
600 Spring
training in other sports
601 Summer
Olympics
602 Buddy
Young
Tape 14
603 Spring
training tour
604 Pennant
winners in winter
605 How
important are baseball coaches?
606 Increasing
violence in sports
607 Baseball
in New York
audio box 5 Tape 1 3/4/68
608 Relief
pitchers
609 New
spitball rules
610 Minor
league sports
611 How
to liven-up baseball
612 Baseball
re-alignment
Tape 2 3/18/68
613 Rookies
614 National
League re-alignment
615 Soccer
616 Television's
influence on sports
617 Professional
golf feud
Tape 3 3/18/68
618 Spitball
619 Basketball
1968 all-stars
620 Baseball
trades - how now?
621 Baseball
managers - Eddie Stanky
622 Kentucky
Derby
Tape 4
628 Masters
Tournament
629 Baseball
picks for 1968, National League
630 Baseball
picks for 1968, American League
631 AAU
vs. NCAA
632 Open
tennis
Tape 5
633 Preseason
injuries of 1968
634 Decrease
in bonuses to college seniors
635 Exhibition
season of 1968
636 Surprise
players of 1968
637 U.S.
Olympic basketball play
Tape 6
638 Charles
O. Finley
639 Baseball
attendance of 1968
640 Technicalities
hurting sports?
641 National
League expansion
642 Who's
going to compete in the Olympics?
Tape 7
643 Home
run records
644 Walter
O'Malley
645 Most
amazing basketball team
646 The
brush back (pitch)
647 Football
already?
Tape 8 5/8/68
648 Heavyweight
championship
649 Baltimore
Orioles comeback
650 Low
batting averages, part 1
651 Low
batting averages, part 2
652 St.
Louis Blues Hockey Team
Tape 9
654 Reaction
to re-alignment
655 Jack
Nicklaus & Arnold Palmer fading
656 Gamesmanship
657 Baseball
& the Harris Report
658 Al
McBean
Tape 10 5/20/68
659 Drugs
and sports
660 Will
Turbine win at Indianapolis (May 29)
661 New
professional football rules
662 Cost
of baseball franchise, part 1
663 Cost
of baseball franchise, part 2
Tape 11 5/20/68
664 "Baseball,
I Love You" review
665 Yankees
in last place
666 Frank
Howard for real
667 Ken
Boyer & the White Sox
668 Impact
of the press on baseball
Tape 12 6/3/68
670 Integration
in baseball
672 Sports
neglected by Bill Veeck
The following programs were produced by:
All Star Radio and TV Productions
(1431 North State Parkway, Chicago,
Illinois)
Tape 13
679 Don
Drysdale, 1968
680 Best
sport for a career
681 Baseball
draft
682 Length
of baseball games
683 Retirement
of Sonny Werblin
Tape 14
684 Firing
managers, part 1
685 Firing
managers, part 2
686 Football's
new season
687 Baseball
Commissioner Eckert
688 Baseball
expansion
audio box 6
Tape 1
689 Soccer
going to make it in the United States?
690 Lee
Trevino
691 More
enclosed stadia
692 Ken
"Hawk" Harrelson
693 1968
league leaders
Tape 2
694 Are
player strikes justified?
695 Selection
of all-star players
696 Third
baseball league
697 Boxing
making a comeback?
698 Negro
athlete equal in sports
Tape 3
714 Wilt
Chamberlin
715 Dennis
McLain
716 Length
of football season
717 Who
will represent the U.S. in the Olympics?
Tape 4
718 Pro
Soccer
Tape 5
719 Washington
Senators
720 Who
would Veeck rather not be?
721 Hoyt
Wilhelm & Ernie Banks
722 Bean
ball
723 Pat
Williams
Tape 6
725 Satchel
Paige
726 Open
Tennis?
727 Paul
Brown
728 Touring
golfers vs. the PGA
Tape 7
729 Baseball
officiating going down hill
730 Football
telecasting, 1968
731 McHale
leaves the commissioners office
732 Sports
medicine
733 NBA
basketball
Tape 8
734 Olympics
735 Frank
Lane
736 Earl
Sande
737 Manager
of the year
738 Super
Bowl winner
Tape 9
739 Baseball
dullest season
740 Chicago
White Sox
741 Most
valuable player
743 Sports
in the Bay Area
Tape 10
744 Lou
Groza
745 The
open tennis tournament
746 Bob
Gibson vs. Denny McLain
747 Joe
Gordon
748 Roger
Maris
Tape 11
754 Baseball
managers
755 Don
Meridith
756 Umpires
757 Olympics
758 National
Football League
Tape 12
759 Bob
Gibson
760 Washington
Senators
761 Quarterbacks
762 Future
World Series
763 Boston
Celtics
Tape 13
764 World
Series roundup, part 1
765 World
Series roundup, part 2
766 Hockey
vs. basketball
767 College
vs. basketball
768 Baseball
umpires
Tape 14
769 How
to build up baseball, part 1
770 How
to build up baseball, part 2
771 Professional
basketball, 1968-1969
772 New
baseball managers, 1968-1969
773 Pitching
coaches
audio box 7
Tape 1
774 Booing
775 Washington
Senators
776 Baseball
expansion draft
777 What
can baseball do for a city?
778 Summer
Olympics, part 1
Tape 2
779 Summer
Olympics, part 2
780 Professional
football, 1968
781 Olympic
winners turning professional
783 New
Olympic records
Tape 3
785 New
basketball stars
786 Baseball's
new general managers
Tape 4
787 Bill
Veeck's new job
788 Beards
and mustaches
Tape 5
789 Football
injuries
790 Ellie
Howard
791 Professionalism
and the Olympics
792 Japanese
baseball
793 New
York Athletic Club Track Meet
Tape 6
799 Announcers
801 Baseball
meetings
802 Mickey
Mantle
803 Football
coaches
Tape 7
804 Baseball
Commissioner General William D. Eckert
805 Baseball's
next commissioner
806 All-star
team
807 Baseball
changes
808 Bowl
changes
Tape 8
814 Earl
Morrall
815 St.
Louis Blues
816 Baseball's
problems
817 Tennis
Tape 9
824 Bowl
game
825 George
Allen
826 Hall
of Fame
828 Lefthanders
Tape 10
834 Baseball's
100th year
835 Requirements
of the new baseball commissioner
836 Baseball's
young turks
837 Charley
Sifford
838 Football
future
Tape 11
840 Eddy
Stanky
841 Female
jockeys
842 Basketball
players
Tape 12
859 Ted
Williams, part 1
860 Ted
Williams, part 2
861 Rogers
Hornsby
862 Gordie
Howe
863 Female
Athletes
Tape 13
864 Volleyball
865 Tennis
866 Bob
Short
867 Golf
868 Football
draft of 1969
Tape 14
869 Amateur
track
870 Baseball
changes
871 State
high school finals
872 Billy
Casper
873 Mickey
Mantle's retirement
audio box 8
Tape 1
879 1969
baseball predictions (must be played week of 3/31/69)
880 Winners
repeating (baseball) (must be played week of 3/31/69)
881 NFL-AFL
merger
882 Spring
training experiments
883 Billy
Martin
Tape 2
884 Arthur
Ashe
885 Baseball
player public relations
886 Agents
for athletes
887 $100,000
player
888 Baseball's
new owner
889 Ballparks
and homeruns
Tape 3
890 Why
people like spectator sports
891 Greatest
pitchers and hitters
892 Importance
of Averages
893 Great
Sports Boners
Tape 4
899 Baseball
recruiting
900 Paying
athletes
901 Frank
Frisch
902 Teenage
disinterest in baseball
903 Psychology
of spectator sports
Tape 5 Reserve shows
A Baseball
rules
B Number
of teams in the major leagues (baseball)
Tape 6 Stand by shows (5/25/1967)
1 Television's
effect on professional sports
2 Sign
stealing in baseball
3 Firing
baseball managers
4 Hunting
(sportsmen)
Tape 7 Stand by shows
1 Sports
announcers
2 Connie
Mack (also as #386)
3 Are
sports in for a boom?
4 What
if Babe Ruth played baseball in 1968?
Tape 8 Stand by shows
1 Japanese
in sports
2 More
Leagues in football and basketball
3 Minor
league football
4 Other
team sports (hockey, soccer, etc.)
5 Paul
Richards (Atlanta Braves [baseball] executive)
6 Professional
Golf
7 Toughest
officiating job
8 Instant
replay on television
9 Greatest
football player of all time
Tape 9 Stand by shows
1 Japan
and sports
2 More
national leagues in sports
3 Sports
announcers
4 Connie
Mack
5 Babe
Ruth
Tape 10 Audition tape (11/14/1966)
1 What's
going to happen to the Yankees?
2 Satchel
Paige
3 Vince
Lombardi
4 Parents
pick sports for children
Tape 11 Audition tape
1 Ernie
Banks
2 Boating
3 Duffy
Daugherty
4 Table
tennis
5 Football
replays
6 Charlie
Grimm
Tape 12 Audition tape
1 Football
replays
2 Gamblers
in sports
3 Tournament
golf
4 Competition
for the sports fan
5 What
about football ratings
Tape 13
Veeck promo spots for WBBM-AM, Chicago
Tape 14
Veeck promo spots for WSTA & WPNO
(3/10/1969)
audio box 9
Tape 1 Veeck audition tape safety
Bob Cunningham only
Tape 2 Veeck presentation recording
Bob Cunningham promo tape
Tape 3 Veeck presentation recording
1. Bob Cunningham promo
2. George Weiss (New York Mets
executive)
3. Vince Lombardi
4. Los Angeles Dodgers tour of Japan
Tape 4 Veeck presentation master (15
ips)
Bob Cunningham only
Item 5
7" promotional record
9 Unprocessed boxes--CLOSED UNTIL PROCESSED
Card catalog headings
The following card catalog headings have
been placed in the Archives & Manuscripts Card Catalog.
Veeck, Bill
Subject headings
1. Automobile Racing
2. Baseball
3. Basketball
4. College athletes
5. Football
6. Golf
7. Hockey
8. Horse racing
9. Oil fields -- Oklahoma
10. Olympics
11. Radio and Baseball
12. Soccer
13. Sports
14. Sports facilities
15. Sports spectators
16. Tennis
17. Trade-unions -- Baseball players