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The article presents the eighth chapter of a story about the late writer Edward F. Martin who covered the Boston Red Sox baseball team during the 1910s, and it mentions how the 1918 World Series championship was held at the same time that a public health warning was issued regarding an influenza outbreak and the city of Boston, Massachusetts. The potential spread of influenza among sailors and the urban population is examined, along with surgeon general William A. Brooks.

The article presents the fourth chapter of a story about the late writer Edward F. Martin who covered the Boston Red Sox baseball team during the 1910s, and it mentions his experiences on passenger train cars (rattlers), as well as information about World War I, baseball spring training, and baseball stars such as Babe Ruth. Red Sox manager Ed Barrow and home runs are examined, along with Martin's wife Delia.

The article presents the ninth chapter of a story about the late writer Edward F. Martin who covered the Boston Red Sox baseball team during the 1910s, and it mentions the declaration that baseball is no longer essential to the American people in the wake of World War I and an influenza pandemic in 1918. A fight over pay involving professional baseball players is examined, along with athletes such as Babe Ruth and Harry Hooper.

The article presents the seventh chapter of a story about the late writer Edward F. Martin who covered the Boston Red Sox baseball team during the 1910s, and it mentions the relationship between baseball and World War I in 1918. The U.S. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker's determination that baseball was not a nonessential business which would require players to either join the military or find work in an essential business. Major League Baseball's World Series championship is assessed.

The article presents the sixth chapter of a story about the late writer Edward F. Martin who covered the Boston Red Sox baseball team during the 1910s, and it mentions baseball star George Herman "Babe" Ruth's hospitalization for tonsillitis, his impact on the game of baseball, and an influenza pandemic in 1918. Baseball's role as a diversion from World War I is assessed, along with the Red Sox organization's success and the possibility that baseball could be stopped in 1918.

The article presents the twelfth chapter of a story about the late writer Edward F. Martin who covered the Boston Red Sox baseball team, and it mentions a double funeral at St. Eulalia’s Church in South Boston, Massachusetts for Martin and his late wife Delia. According to the article, more than 3,500 people in Boston, Massachusetts died during the influenza epidemic. A third influenza wave in the city following Germany's surrender in World War I is examined.

The article presents the eleventh chapter of a story about the late writer Edward F. Martin who covered the Boston Red Sox baseball team during the 1910s, and it mentions his experiences with influenza and the death of his wife Delia. It states that Martin died about 30 hours after his wife took her last breath. The impact of the influenza outbreak in Boston, Massachusetts is assessed.

The article presents the tenth chapter of a story about the late writer Edward F. Martin who covered the Boston Red Sox baseball team during the 1910s, and it mentions how the city of Boston, Massachusetts was placed in lockdown as a result of an influenza pandemic in 1918. Overwhelmed hospitals and the decision to keep schools open are examined, along with baseball player Babe Ruth's work at the Bethlehem Steel Corp. plant in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

The article presents the fifth chapter of a story about the late writer Edward F. Martin who covered the Boston Red Sox baseball team during the 1910s, and it mentions a potential link between the American military's Camp Funston in Haskell County, Kansas and an influenza outbreak in 1918. Baseball star Babe Ruth and the Red Sox team's opening game on April 15, 1918 are assessed, as well as manager Barrow and then-military Private Albert Gitchell's influenza illness in 1918.

The article presents the third chapter of a story about the late writer Edward F. Martin who covered the Boston Red Sox baseball team during the 1910s, and it mentions his marriage to Delia Mulkern in 1916. Then-baseball coach Jack Barry and players such as Babe Ruth are assessed, along with catcher William "Skull" Devine and travel to baseball spring training in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

The article presents the second chapter of a story about the late writer Edward F. Martin who covered the Boston Red Sox baseball team during the 1910s, and it mentions Martin's childhood and his experiences as an Irish American in South Boston, Massachusetts. The death of Martin's father in 1893 is examined, along with Martin's work with "The Boston Globe" newspaper and his work with fellow sports writer Tim "Silver King" Murnane.

The article presents the first chapter of a story about the late writer Edward Ford "Little Eddie" Martin Jr. who covered the Boston Red Sox baseball team for "The Boston Globe" newspaper during the 1918 season, and it mentions the influenza pandemic of 1918, The Great War, and Major League Baseball's World Series championship. The late baseball star Babe Ruth is also mentioned.

Several letters to the editor are presented expressing their appreciation of the "American Heritage" journal including one from Edward Martin, Senator from Pennsylvania, another from J. O. Gavit, an associate librarian of the New York State Library, and another from G. C. Sellery, Dean of the University of Wisconsin.