december february inventor modern sports story american writer broadcaster known juvenile sports novels wrote short stories non fiction including weekly sports column new_yorker magazine commentator sports cast broadcast tennis tournament united_states graduating harvard serving army world war began writing career american sports magazines playing tennis rivera decades wrote short stories articles sports education magazines including work protested increasing sports america believed amateur participation sports taught values important good citizenship like fair play equality emphasis professional sports turning america country spectators sports books tackled current social issues racial equality considered children writer books published juveniles success helped create juvenile fiction book market 1940s books like american received readers critics received best juvenile novel named horn book magazine best book gave golden award book baseball series began kid book cited sports writers commentators inspiring childhood reading kid main character book considered influence natural early years born december teacher boston massachusetts came family upset leaving church minister family married caroline daughter seven brother robert father died bright disease family attended funeral death mother taught girls manhattan later moving family cambridge massachusetts ran boarding house maternal grandfather encouraged brothers interest baseball young heroes baseball players age fourteen brother poor pay admission price managed watch davis cup tennis match climbing brewery wagon outside courts played tennis followed father footsteps harvard competed tennis ran track graduated harvard got job massachusetts cotton mill officer serving france world war february married cambridge massachusetts children early career freelance writing couple went europe sports writer american publications played tennis tournaments including match king sweden time played doubles match french women champion returning end summer dropped harvard classmate sunday editor boston_globe learned actually knew flamboyant insisted write article globe leaving building pressure deadline caused anxiety half hour struggle went building fire escape threw forget wiped face copy paper story number major magazines including harper atlantic monthly writing primarily topics sports education covered sports weekly column new_yorker according writing love money known producing fact packed articles based research working days week taking seventh play tennis published articles short stories premier time worked sport announcer including tennis events nbc harvard crimson felt comfortable calling world authority tennis sports broadcast match france announced broadcast tennis tournament audience according broadcasting journalism household novels sports criticism novel appeared tennis star basis movie hard fast beautiful turned novels published adults 25th anniversary graduation harvard wrote college worthwhile condemnation ivy league school classmates best seller cheering press box calls assault harvard traditions career continued write education including chapter new campus democracy challenge education education ethics 1930s called golden age sports right middle commentator writer athlete criticized saw disliked way media covering sports players 1920s sports promoters newspapers favorable coverage felt media business ignoring problems believed high salaries destroy pleasure benefits sports brought everyday player essay great god football appeared attacking saw increasing college football article center continuing controversy texas observer cover story titled golden football opens reference article concludes referring reader description college football class octopus legitimate pursuits educational institutions owns football appeared sports pulp magazines called timeless according review sports american literature 1940s enjoyed career based practice criticizing aspects american culture took lightly felt organized sports led athletes turning united_states country spectators loved sports writings tried need balance personal national life point declared sports great people addiction forget important things later career 1940s depression took toll magazine finances began working novel story small town iowa football star struggles fit elite classmates harvard eventually finds strength success runner wrote book adults wanted publish market juveniles initially dismayed partly time separate field young adult fiction exist consider children writer eventually agreed published children book novel won best juvenile novel opened new arena success books handful writers helped establish young adult market separate field gave starred review books remarkable merit reviewer calling best modern college stories read named horn book magazine fanfare best book following year released sequel covers duke senior year harvard duke participation olympic team germany allowed highlight growing europe best selling novel remains known work received publisher visit dodgers spring training camp florida began work baseball novel kid series books introduced rookie pitcher teammates bones fat stuff foster says note beginning book characters book drawn real life papers list tucker number based tucker inspired gave starred review saying struck new note tucker story continues world series year took break baseball stories release novels received starred reviews based life pilot overshadowed release american called superb novel produced genre american centers football star protest anti semitic activity guilt leaves prep school play football local public high school exactly welcome perry ultimately accepted leading new team postseason playoff team invited agree bring african american player initially perry objects refusal eventually students parents protest said football novel big books fall junior reading praised book illustrating rounded picture race color problems facing young old today years later article commentary magazine lack good novels football calling american best bad harvest better describing action field warns readers find dated chapter titled best best book praises american novel character morals far ahead time ahead time seen points illustrations african american football player action american sports novel returned beloved dodgers addressing anti time manager shortstop struggles brother rest team accept star catcher received challenging children book year dodgers novel rookie year appeared manager russell struggles arrogant new pitcher year took reader indiana high school basketball tournament season actually visited indiana research living key player family tournament season called decades entire varsity team cut discipline coach resist pressures parents community win costs says plea clean sport sport sports sake taking money politics school sport returned year city lincoln working juvenile eventually running mayor books returns favorite theme noted survey era writings parents administrators adult fans injected improper values amateur sports speech says don believe bad kids plenty bad parents world war mind wrote kid comes takes occupied france plane crash tucker returning dodgers tucker struggles overcome injury cope old man team voice emphasizing team spirit individual glory aids rookie trying replace saying helps helps sixth dodgers novel came title nickname talented rookie outfielder arrogance causes problems field novel won junior book award son valley came year non sports related novels struggle acceptance rural families displaced new dam portion johnny experiment saw publication book dodgers young story veteran pitcher estranged rookie son reconcile final season baseball calls entertaining profound story 1950s novel team set returns indiana basketball coach risks support fans cutting players including team star hero comes coach right gets father respect girl helping new team forward buddy novel pop warner football disliked organized sports young children saying believed harmful extreme parents object don like idea having little boys playing parents friends little boys playing sports calls remarkable book uses baseball novel emphasize favorite theme young protagonist admits father better lose hurts play dirty closed decade teammate mason cut dodgers end triple aaa team men called older players teach young meaning game baseball test character react pressure ended series true sports novel 1960s wrote novels 1960s set world war silence appeared tells story evacuation world war book received starred review america called moving children experience literature said realistic picture warfare effect soldiers civilians according reading children helped understand history interpretation story author courage admit men brave desperate struggle survive autobiography measure independence appeared makes highly recommended remain freelance writer barely mentions sports books concentrating instead magazine career according critics consider measure independence powerful dramatic novel written guise autobiography enemy friend appeared considered second world war book best work horn book agreed calling finest novel irony story shows war carries central character heights protagonist greek tragedy opening author note stating book conscience man story tells german sergeant convicted war criminal remembered french butcher returns area years war end play soccer literature collected essays says novel lays bare man age old confusion inner conscience demands culture 1970s death final sports novel appeared boys life published excerpt gave book positive review calling exciting found sentimental publication brought total number juvenile novels according greatest sports novelist time died february boston massachusetts survived wife papers held themes believe says books sports noting author determination offer readers basic lessons good citizenship fair play chance reflect rarely discussed social issues racial equality anti doctoral study analyzed juvenile sports books predominant value found books main characters second identified value study found values portrayed lessons natural stories book frank pointed recurring theme winning fiction non fiction saying common thread winding writing dismay nation tendency value winning common turning primarily writing non fiction adults juvenile fiction abandon emphasis values victory audience willing listen emphasize winning believed values like hard work taught sports football committee cites saying athletic department like feel existing program engineer mind said deep objective games train purpose develop habit keeping steadily want biggest heroes find eventually brought low like kid comes wartime service injury destroyed career harvard lonely running track real victory character refusal long odds heroes said books vein book written introduction kid writes win happened time usually loss didn good person anymore loss exclude social issues times writing published discover sport hitler use sports influence exploit control youth took issues closer home believed concept democratic sport games open person regardless ethnicity class skill promoted values america needed stories demonstrate values taking racism head according kids issue anti american democracy faced met radio program men books featured american episode titled children books writer reviewer wrote intervals find story related modern world story takes modern problem thinks hundreds authors fill void children reading authors present laurel legacy 1970s felt message ignored misunderstood americans saying paid attention time expected good long ago surprising considering new_york_times obituary referred man helped educate generation americans seen light distrust professional athletics understood felt message sports ignored cite having lasting impact publishing personally professionally literature contributions direct baseball books especially kid cited source inspiration book natural baseball star similarities tucker started pitchers thanks accidents ended power hitters suggested study influence early fan dodgers familiar books borrowed consciously introduction edition kid says obviously inspired author called best pieces literary criticism written kid referenced main character novel book pitcher called template view realization tragic underside number writers journalists point books inspiration careers mentioned author dedication responsible earliest roots project writer editor says remember telling mother grow writer people ask greatest influence writing career going childhood fans sports writer children author finalist journalist football legend new_york_post columnist editor picked kid favorite sports novels writing virtually sportswriter know remembers reading boy partial payment essays writers lives literary critic chapter boy author admits reading childhood favorites disappointing found books pretty utterly absorbed encyclopedia children literature called genre young adult sports fiction novels changed way sports fiction written adding depth addressing social themes adolescent issues time sports stories focused solely games treated athletes stereotypes stories gave games context addressed pressures problems growing spotlight moving sports realm pulp magazines fiction tribute writer said probably good readers millions young people success juvenile audience helped change publishing industry writers like books demonstrated publishers money targeting books teenagers influence went simply creating market young adult books attempt link sports communities played highly significant issues literature written america youth according considered writer boys books insisting stories read enjoyed adults felt word juvenile product merchandising age despite dislike term novels helped create shape juvenile fiction book market fiction kid series kid world series rookie year kid comes basketball city lincoln team track field women tennis american girl warren world war silence enemy friend titles american football story air pilot biography son valley buddy pop warner football horse racing selected non fiction college worthwhile writing game barnes collected essays sports handbook american way sport measure independence autobiography
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