Van Lingle Mungo

On this date in 1937, the Dodgers announce that Van Lingle Mungo has been fined, suspended for three games and given a bill for $1500 worth of damages done to a St. Louis hotel following a ruckus with teammates the week before who were trying to get him to bed at 4:00 AM.

"You can take it for $1000, because that's what it cost me to get it." - to a photographer who asked to take a picture of his black eye