Acknowledgments v Preface by Pat O'Neill 1 1. A Long, Long Way from Clare to Here 7 2. Young Sullivan at Old St. Mary's: Jesuit Priests, Prairie Fires, and a Freshman Phenom 12 3. Playing for Peanuts: Ted and Charlie Take Their Game to Dubuque 18 4. In Fast Company: 1879 Dubuque Rabbits 23 5. Taking on "The Infidels" 30 6. A Sorry State of the Union 44 7. Back to the Bushes 55 8. Not Milwaukee's Best 68 9. Behind the Plate 74 10. "Senator Sullivan" Goes to Washington 77 11. Back to the "Auld" Country 90 12. Things Go South: Chattanooga and "The Dry Grins," 1892 102 13. A Tale of Two Sullivans 109 14. At Home on the Range 113 15. Ted Herds His Steers North to New Haven 121 16. Dubuque, Part II 128 17. "Same Old Trick": Southern Postscript, 1899 135 18. A Midwife of the American League 139 19. The Prodigal Hustler Returns 149 20. "The Original Gumshoe Man": Beating the Bushes for Prospects 154 21. Sullivan's Off-Base Humor 168 22. Baseball's Ubiquitous Ambassador 176 23. Show Him the Money 185 24. Next Stop: The World 195 25. Ted's Magic Lantern Show 218 26. Sox and Saints: Hall of Famers Slay St. Mary's 223 27. Twilight of a Colorful Career 231 28. Ted's Last Hurrah 238 29. The Third Strike 245 Sporting Editor's Notes 253 Chapter Notes 257 Bibliography 269 Index 273