 Often in his books such as "The Boys of Summer" (1972), "Memories of Summer" (1993), "The Era", 1947-1957 (1993), and "Into My Own" (2006), the prolific and long-lived ex-Trib sportswriter Roger Kahn—an ambitious junior writer in Rennie's latter years—paused to mention (and quote from) Rennie, "a trim, handsome Canadian" who had "lady friends in several National League towns.