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Title
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Book Seeks to Restore Cub's Great Jewish Heritage
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Description
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A new book entitled Johnny Kling: A Baseball Biography by Gil Bogen has recently been published. The author contends that Kling was Jewish although Kling's wife Lillian asserted he was not. Kling was a catcher for the Chicago Cubs from 1900-1911. He owned the Dixon Hotel in Kansas City and the Strand in Chillicothe, Missouri. He was also a professional billiards player as well as part owner of the Kansas City Blues baseball team.
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Date
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2006-04-07
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Dixon Hotel and Johnny Kling
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Description
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Baseball player and owner, Johnny Kling, was also an expert billiards player. He opened a hotel in 1912 called the Hotel Dixon which advertised that it had 39 Kling specially designed tables. It was located at 12th and Baltimore in downtown Kansas City.
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Date
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2006
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Stars Abound at Kling & Allen Recreation
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Description
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Description of Kling & Allen Recreation lounge, the "deluxe billiard parlor in the Dixon Hotel on 12th Street," host to such luminaries as Bob Hope and Willie Mosconi, with photo of Bennie Allen, "National Snooker Champion" and operator of the "luxurious billiard parlor" along with "Mrs. Lillian Kling, widow of the late great baseball catcher, Johnnie Kling."
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Book Section
