Out of the Red

xii, 294 [4 paper. No dust jacket present. Cover worn and soiled. Edges and corners rubbed and bumped. Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith (September 25, 1905 - January 15, 1982) was an American sportswriter. Smith's journalistic career spanned over five decades and his work influenced an entire generation of writers. In 1976, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. After graduation, Smith wrote letters to at least 100] pages. Some fraying and discoloration of the cover and spine. Markings in ink on the FEP. Discoloration of the front- and back-end newspapers asking for a job. Finally, he was picked up by the Milwaukee Sentinel. Smith then worked for the St. Louis Star as a sportswriter. This is where Smith developed his humorous and literate style that made his writing so beloved and respected. After St. Louis, Smith worked at the Philadelphia Record for nine years, from 1936 to 1945. Smith joined the New York Herald Tribune in 1945. He cemented his reputation with the Herald Tribune, as his column, "Views of Sports", was widely read and often syndicated. The Herald Tribune folded in 1966. Smith became a freelance writer. In 1971 he was hired by The New York Times and wrote four columns a week for the next decade. Smith mainly wrote about the sports that interested him such as baseball, football, boxing, and horse racing. . In 1956 Smith's earned the second Grantland Rice Memorial for outstanding sportswriting. While at The New York Times, Smith won many awards. In 1976, he was won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, citing "his commentary on sports in 1975 and for many other years". Out of the Red is an anthology compiling 112 of the best sports columns written by legendary Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter Red Smith (Walter Wellesley Smith). Out of the Red by Red Smith is a collection of columns originally published in the New York Herald-Tribune. This 1950 first edition from Alfred A. Knopf features a vibrant yellow cloth hardcover with red and blue stamped illustrations and lettering. The book includes a series of engaging pieces covering various sports, showcasing Smith's renowned wit and journalistic style. It represents a significant piece of mid-century American sports literature. The book serves as a classic time capsule of mid-century American sporting culture, written with Smith's signature wit and accessible prose. Smith's journalistic career spanned over five decades and his work influenced an entire generation of writers. Smith realized the significance of sports in the American culture. He once stated the following: "Sports is not really a play world. I think it's the real world. The people we're writing about in professional sports, they're suffering and living and dying and loving, and trying to make their way through life just as the bricklayers and politicians are." He also said "It is no coincidence that the largest surviving monument of the ancient Greeks and Romans is the Colosseum in Rome, the Yankee Stadium of its time." Willard Mullin (September 14, 1902 - December 20, 1978) was an American sports cartoonist. He is most famous for his creation of the "Brooklyn Bum", the personification of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, based on circus clown Emmett Kelly's "Weary Willie" hobo persona. He was widely published: he cartooned daily for Scripps-Howard's New York World-Telegram and Sun for decades and was often published in Scripps-Howard's twenty papers, as well as in the Sporting News. Mullin was often commissioned to draw cover illustrations for yearbooks of the Brooklyn Dodgers, the New York Giants, and---after those teams moved to the West Coast---the New York Mets. Mullin also did covers for Harlem Globetrotters yearbooks. When the Mets looked to be winning the National League East in 1969, Time commissioned Mullin to draw a cover for a feature on the team. Jerry Mitchell's history of the early Mets, The Amazin' Mets, featured several previously published Mullin cartoons illustrating their ear.…