When Chicago Went to the Dogs: Al Capone and Greyhound Racing in the Windy City, 1927–1933

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Research Article| October 01 2019 When Chicago Went to the Dogs: Al Capone and Greyhound Racing in the Windy City, 1927–1933 Steven A. Riess Steven A. Riess Steven A. Riess is the Bernard Brommel Research Professor, Emeritus, at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, where he taught for thirty-five years. He is the author of several books, including Sports in Industrial America, 1850–1920, rev. 2nd ed. (2013), The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime: Horse Racing, Politics, and Crime in New York, 1865–1913 (2011), Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era, rev. ed. (1999), and City Games: The Evolution of American Society and the Rise of Sports (1989). The former editor of the Journal of Sport History, his books have won four Choice Awards, and his research has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1998-) (2019) 112 (3): 265–292. https://doi.org/10.5406/jillistathistsoc.112.3.0265 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Steven A. Riess; When Chicago Went to the Dogs: Al Capone and Greyhound Racing in the Windy City, 1927–1933. Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1998-) 1 January 2019; 112 (3): 265–292. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/jillistathistsoc.112.3.0265 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressJournal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1998-) Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 2019 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois2019 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.