Editing Bullet Rogan (section)

==Early life==
Charles Wilber Rogan was born in [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]. 

After the death of his mother and his father's remarriage in 1908, he moved with his family to [[Kansas City, Kansas]], where he attended [[Sumner Academy of Arts & Science|Sumner High School]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pendergastkc.org/article/biography/wilber-bullet-joe-rogan|title=Wilber (Bullet Joe) Rogan|date=2018-02-21|website=The Pendergast Years|access-date=2020-02-25}}</ref> He began his baseball career there in 1911 as a [[catcher]] with Fred Palace's Colts, a semipro team composed mostly of teenagers. Also joining the Colts that season was Dick Whitworth, who would, like Rogan, go on to pitch for many years in the Negro leagues.<ref>Dixon 2002, p. 10.</ref>

Friction with his stepmother and unhappiness with the segregated high school he attended led Rogan to drop out of school before graduation and enlist in the Army on October 19, 1911.  He lied about his age to do so.<ref>Dixon 2002, pp. 8, 16.</ref> This would cause later confusion about Rogan's age, as some records (along with his Hall of Fame plaque) give his birth year as 1889, others as 1893; recent histories, such as Phil Dixon's, conclude that the latter date is correct.<ref>Dixon 2002.</ref>