Summer of Shadows

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Jonathan Knight. Summer of Shadows

PRELUDE: SUMMER 1969

AUTUMN Interlude

Drenched in the autumn sun during batting practice the day before the 1954 World Series began, the quirky dimensions of the Polo Grounds would play a pivotal role in Game One the following afternoon

The Indians watch in amazement as their luck sours in the opening game of the World Series

PART ONE. BEFORE THE SHADOWS

1-NOW OR NEVER

In 1949, the torch of leadership in the Indians front office passed from showman Bill Veeck (left) to former slugger hank Greenberg

2-EMPIRE OF FREEDOM

Enigmatic Cleveland Press editor Louis Seltzer, better known as “Mr. Cleveland,” remains one of the most fascinating—and polarizing—figures in American journalism

3-A SATURDAY NIGHT TOWN

Al Lopez (far left) watches as the Indians storm out of the dugout to take the field at Comiskey Park in Chicago on opening day, 1954

By 1954, the Big Four—(clockwise from bottom) Bob lemon, Mike Garcia, Early Wynn, and Bob Feller—had become known as the Big Three, though Feller put together one final magnificent season

4-STORM CLOUDS

Newlyweds Marilyn and Sam Sheppard

Al Rosen: the All-American athlete in the All-American city

Al Rosen—the first player to win the American League Most Valuable Player by unanimous vote—is presented with the award

5-THE CHASM OF RIDICULOUSNESS

Larry Doby scored 94 runs in 1954 and led the Indians in home runs and RBI

6-A TRIPLE INTO THE GRAVESTONES

7-HARD LUCK

AUTUMN Interlude

All smiles on the train ride to New York for the World Series were first baseman Vic Wertz (foreground) and pitcher Early Wynn, along with their wives

PART TWO. THE BEST LOCATION IN THE NATION

8-BLEED AND BELIEVE

A quartet of heroes gather after propelling the Indians to an amazing comeback victory at Yankee Stadium on June 2 (from left): Al Smith, Larry Doby, Hal Newhouser, and Bobby Avila

9-TWO AGING ACES

Though his career apparently had ended a few months before, pitcher Hal Newhouser (right) joined the ‘54 Indians. GM Hank Greenberg (left) looks on as Newhouser calls home with the news that he was back in baseball

10-SEVEN MINUTES OF SILENCE

Indians manager, Al Lopez (left) helped develop the greatest pitching staff in baseball history, anchored by future hall of Famer Bob lemon (right)

With mighty Municipal Stadium nestled on the shore of Lake Erie and the Terminal Tower lighting up the sky, Cleveland looked like The Best Location in the Nation

11-THE SPHINX AND THE HOWITZER

Cherub-faced Herb Score receives the 1954 minor league player of the year award

12-THE NIGHT BEFORE

In 1948, Dr. Richard Sheppard Sr. launched a family medical legacy with the opening of Bay View Hospital

Marilyn and Sam Sheppard led what appeared to be an ideal life along the Lake Erie shore

AUTUMN Interlude

PART THREE. MURDER ON THE LAKE

13-THEY’VE KILLED MARILYN

At the apex of his career in 1954, Cuyahoga County Coroner Dr. Samuel Gerber wielded incredible political power

The beach behind the Sheppard home, where Sam claims to have fought with the bushy-haired intruder who killed Marilyn

Sam Sheppard, dazed and heavily medicated at Bay View Hospital, recovers from his alleged encounter with Marilyn’s killer

14-THE LOST WEEKEND

15-THE STRONG ARM OF THE LAW

Marilyn Sheppard

Sam Sheppard’s bizarre account of the morning of July 4, 1954

16-THE CLEVELAND SPECTACLE

Though many talented players gathered at Municipal Stadium for the 1954 all-Star Game, al Rosen (far left) shone brighter than legendary stars like (from left) Ted Williams, Mickey Vernon, and Mickey Mantle

Though hampered by a mangled right index finger that nearly forced him out of the lineup, Al Rosen smashed two home runs in the 1954 All-Star Game using an unorthodox grip

17-MR. CLEVELAND TO THE RESCUE

Sam Sheppard emerged into the public eye in the days following the murder in peculiar fashion—wearing dark sunglasses and a neck brace, an image that would define him for the rest of his life

Medical technician Susan Hayes emerged as the “other woman” of the Sheppard murder case

18-STEAMED UP

19-GET THAT KILLER

Like gunslingers in a shootout, Samuel Gerber (left) and Sam Sheppard faced off in a tense, verbal battle during the inquest

20-LIKE A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE

21-BRING HIM IN

After making one of the greatest catches in Indians history, Larry Doby remained motionless in the outfield grass for several tense moments

Sam ducks down in his sister-in-law Betty’s car as he retreats from reporters who had pursued him on a high-speed chase through Bay village. he would be arrested later that night

Still wearing his neck brace, Sam looks on in disbelief as he’s arraigned at Bay village City hall

22-THE GUNS OF AUGUST

23-A GHOUL’S PARADISE

Mayor Spencer Houk (left) and Police Chief John Eaton found themselves and their quaint town of Bay Village at the center of a firestorm of controversy in the weeks following Marilyn Sheppard’s murder

24-DESTINY

25-WHAT EVIDENCE IS THERE?

26-NOT THE FOLDING-UP TYPE

AUTUMN Interlude

PART FOUR. TWILIGHT OF THE GODS

27-WHAMMY BE DAMNED

28-THE YANKEE DOUBLEHEADER, ACT ONE

With the game’s first full-time Hispanic manager guiding a lineup that featured a Jewish slugger (Al Rosen, left), two African-American outfielders (including Al Smith, center), and a second baseman from Mexico (Bobby Avila, right), the 1954 Cleveland Indians could be considered baseball’s first truly modern team

29-THE YANKEE, DOUBLEHEADER, ACT TWO

30-WE’RE IN

The Indians front office was flooded with nearly a million ticket requests for the World Series—at the time the largest demand for tickets for any sporting event in history

On a rainy Saturday afternoon in Detroit, beloved Indians catcher Jim Hegan (right) hit the home run that clinched the American League pennant

31-ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN

More than a quarter-million people lined the streets of Cleveland for an eighteen-mile parade paying tribute to their pennant-winning Indians

WINTER Final Interlude

The Sheppard jury gathers outside the courthouse on a snowy December evening

Attorney William Corrigan (right) became the face and voice of Sam Sheppard’s defense

Reporters and editors in the Cleveland Press newsroom await the verdict in the Sam Sheppard murder trial

Sam Sheppard is led away from the courtroom after being sentenced to life in prison. He holds a photograph of his son, Chip

Attorney F. lee Bailey (left), Sam Sheppard (center), and his new wife, Ariane Tebbenjohanns (right), celebrate after Sheppard is freed from prison

After being declared not guilty of Marilyn’s murder, Sam Sheppard (top) rides away toward a new life with second wife, Ariane (center), and son, Chip (bottom)

The 1954 Cleveland Indians—the greatest team in American League history

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For Jeannine, Mike, and Carter…and whoever comes next

Autumn Interlude—GAME 1

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chapter 21] Bring Him In

chapter 22] The Guns of August

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