“Such a man!…I love Bill Jurges for himself-and not for his place in the public eye or his popularity.”Īs for Jurges, age 24, his popularity and place in the public eye seemed assured during the Cubs’ 1932 season. “Such a personality!” the 21-year-old brunette exclaimed a year later. These facts also provoke questions about how Violet Popovich’s formative years may have contributed to her decision to burst into Jurges’s hotel room on July 6, 1932, and pull a gun from her purse.Īttractive and outgoing, Violet Popovich fell for Chicago Cubs shortstop Billy Jurges soon after she met him at a party in 1931. Interviews, newspaper articles, and county and court archives have provided numerous heretofore unpublished biographical details. Profiles of Cubs shortstop William Frederick “Billy” Jurges usually mention his wounding by jilted lover Popovich, while little is said about her background and career. Ruth may or may not have “called his shot,” but with her own shots earlier that summer, a young Chicago woman named Violet Popovich unknowingly set in motion the events that would indirectly lead to one of the most famous moments in baseball history. The 1932 Chicago Cubs baseball season is probably best remembered for Babe Ruth’s gesture during the third game of the Cubs-Yankees World Series.
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