Burris Jenkins Jr (1897-1966) was a sports journalist and cartoonist for Hearst Publications, most notably the New York Journal-American. Find his work in Chronicling America.
Behind the Byline is a new blog series that will profile significant newspaper journalists in American history. Though most remembered for his short stories that provided the inspiration for the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls, Damon Runyon considered himself first and foremost a newspaper man. Born Alfred Damon Runyan on October 3, 1880, in Manhattan, …