Ken’s book, “Walloping Wally and early New York Baseball” (Amazon.com) is now available. Babe Ruth and the early legends.
This is the story on an early 20 th century Baseball player who touched greatness for only a moment but spent years surrounded by future Hall of Fame players. From his time as errand boy for the New York Highlanders to his 1923 record 44 Home Runs to his signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers his story includes Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Frankie Frisch, Leo Durocher, Chief Bender, Rogers Hornsby, Louis Santop, Dazzy Vance, Casey Stengel, Zach Wheat, Walter Johnson, Goose Goslin and many more. Walloping Wally’s picture with Ruth and Gehrig has been seen by millions but his story was lost to history until now.