Curveball (45 page)

Williams, Geraldine M. “Minnesota St. Paul.”
Chicago Defender
, December 18, 1937.

Williams, Joe. “Please, Kiddies, Mr. Street Could Catch, Too.” n.p., n.d. Gabby Street file. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc., Cooperstown, NY.

Wilson, Austin. “Black Pioneer Hangs to Threads of Hope.”
Vicksburg Sunday Post,
August 7, 1977.

Withers, Ernest C. Essay by Daniel Wolfe. Edited by Anthony Decaneas.
Negro League Baseball.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2005.

Wittich, Porter. n.p., n.d. Gabby Street file. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc., Cooperstown, NY.

Woolard, Holly. “It’s Etched in Stone—She’s a Women’s Hall of Famer.”
Marin Independent Journal,
October 3, 1993.

Young, Doc. “Toss ’Em Out: Should Girls Play Ball; No, Says Doc.”
Chicago Defender
, August 28, 1954.

Aaron, Henry “Hank”

Banks on, 183

early career of, 116–18

Hall of Fame and, 209, 210

Stone as replacement for, 119, 121

on women in baseball, 206

African American Topeka (Kansas) Giants, 170

Alberga, Aurelious Pescia

correspondence of, 186–88

on female players, 162–63

on Jackson, 139

later life of, 204–5

meeting Stone, 59–60

publicity and, 127–28

racism and, 105–6

sexism and, 106–7

Smith and, 137–38

Stone’s family and, 192, 196–97

Stone’s return to baseball and, 119

support from, 122–23

All Nations team, 168–69

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, 108–9, 123, 158, 194

Amarillo Colts, 98

American Legion teams, 60–62

Angelou, Maya (Johnson, Marguerite), 57, 59, 121

Arlington, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Stroud, 109

Armour, Alfred “Buddy,” 94–95

Armstrong, Louis “Satchmo,” 71, 90–92

Atlanta Crackers, 87

Atlanta Daily World,
177

Bacharach Giants, 113

Baird, Thomas Y.

background of, 169–71

bus fire and, 178

finances and, 193–94

Kansas City Athletics and, 191

Pollock and, 141, 172

on role of Negro League, 111

statistics and, 82

Stone and, 164, 168

young players and, 184–85

Baltimore Black Sox, 113

Baltimore Elite Giants, 95

Banks, Ernie “Bingo"

Cubs and, 201

early career of, 98, 129–30, 133

Hall of Fame and, 194n

injuries and, 141

racism and, 154

scouts and, 149

statistics of, 140, 163

Stone and, 148, 151, 208–9

stress of integration and, 182–83

Baxter, Isabelle, 109–10

Baylis, Hank, 180, 183, 189

Beaumont Texas League, 135

Bell, James “Cool Papa,” 82–83, 94, 113, 134, 194n

Bell, Ralph (“Spec Bebop”), 131n, 144, 152, 195

Benson, Cleo “Baldy,” 65, 67

Bethune, Mary McLeod, 15, 17, 21

Birmingham Black Barons, 95–97, 115, 118, 141

Bismark Churchills, 41–42

Bland, Lucille, 84–85

Blue Room, 172–73

Blues Stadium, 143, 148, 179–80, 191

Boston Braves, 115, 118

Breedlove, Maceo, 41–43, 44, 45

Brewer, Sherwood, 178, 183

Briggs Field, 138

Brooklyn Dodgers, 61, 68, 76, 87–88, 114, 186

Brooklyn Royal Giants, 113

Brown, Willie, 57, 139, 194n

Brown v. Board of Education,
180–82

Busch Stadium, 142–43

buses

accident and, 144–45, 147

boycott of, 162

fire on, 177–78

Buxton Wonders, 40

California State Colored Republican League, 105

Campanella, Roy “Campy,” 87–88, 161

Carver, George Washington, 19, 32

Cassville Blues, 110

Catholic boys’ league, 4–5, 6, 18, 20, 26, 33

Charleston, Oscar

background of, 175–76

as Clowns manager, 164, 165

Crawfords and, 94, 113

death of, 191

home opener banquet and, 179

on Morgan, 204

Stone’s reading about, 21

Chattanooga Lookouts, 109

Chicago American Giants, 65, 67, 95, 112, 115, 118

Chicago Colleens, 109

Chicago Cubs, 86, 108, 163, 171

Chicago Defender

on black baseball, 113

criticism in, 189

Stone’s photograph in, 98

Stone’s reading of, 20–21, 67, 197

Chicago Giants, 113

Chicago Leland Giants, 40

Chicago White Sox, 22

Cincinnati Reds, 134

Civil Rights movement, 195–96, 199.

see also
integration; Jim Crow laws;

segregation

Class B Interstate League, 110

Cleveland Buckeyes, 95

Cleveland Colored Giants, 109–10

clowning, 44, 65–66, 92–93, 114

Cobb, Ty, 24, 28, 31

Coleman, Vince, 201–2

color barrier.
see
integration; Jim Crow

laws; racism; segregation

Comiskey Park, 114, 149

Como Park, 14, 38

Conner, Eugene “Bull,” 96, 110n

Connie Mack Stadium, 140, 185, 204

Cotton, John, 38–39, 43, 44, 45, 92

Cotton Makers’ Jubilee, 179

Cotton State League, 125n

Cowans, Russ, 96, 133–34, 149, 179

Crosley Field, 169

Cuban Stars, 113

Cuban Stars (East), 113

Dallas Eagles, 118

Davis, Lorenzo “Piper,” 96, 209

Dayton Marcos, 113

Dean, Dizzy, 5, 25

Denver Post’s
Invitational Baseball

Tournament, 66–67

Detroit Stars, 65, 113, 175, 194

Detroit Tigers, 31

DeVore, Donna, 203

Didrikson Zaharias, Babe, 84, 170

DiMaggio, Joe, 63, 126n

DiMaggio, Vince, 63, 126n

Doerr, Bobby, 62, 63

Donaldson, John, 96, 169

Downs, McKinley “Bunny"

Aaron and, 116–17

advice from, 119, 165–66, 167–68

bus accident and, 131, 143–44, 147

Haywood and, 151

Johnson and, 158

Morgan and, 159, 160