the town #BillySunday could not shut down, according to #FrankSinatra… #Chicago

William Ashley #BillySunday (d.1935) played center field for the Chicago White Stockings before he became a minister in 1903. He, too, was all about a #MuscularChristianity. And he put an end to the ideal of preacher as scholar. One newspaper writer described him this way:

One reason sin flourishes is that it is treated like a cream puff instead of a rattlesnake. - Billy Sunday
#BillySunday #sin

“The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still” #BillySunday

Anne’s Garden. #BillySunday #Chicago

Anne’s Garden #BillySunday #Chicago

Penicillin #BillySunday #Chicago