has caused him to completely bow out in the final chapter; the disappearance of his role has caused mass confusion among the players and chaos ensued.J. Henry Waugh, the proprietor, creator and God-like figure of the Universal Baseball Association disappears in the final chapter of Coovers novel. His disappearance causes confusion with readers as well as with the characters in the novel itself, and also raises many questions. Critics speculate as to his whereabouts in the eighth chapter; has his personality been taken over in the form of the players causing him to merge with his creation, has the Association taken on a life of its own controlling its own destiny, or can the confusion and chaos among the players be explained by assuming he has crossed the line to insanity. The players Henry created do not know where they stand in their history or their purpose for being there; Paul Trench, Henrys alter ego, "can find no words for the emptiness of their condition. Its terrible. . .its all there is" (Caldwell 170). ...
