Sol White's History of Colored Base Ball, with Other Documents on the Early Black Game, 1886-1936U of Nebraska Press, 1996 M08 1 - 187 páginas America and baseball are rediscovering the game played by African Americans before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. We now know a great deal about the Negro Leagues of 1920 on, and their great stars-Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and their contemporaries. But what of the pre-1920 black game? From the onset in the 1880s of the "gentleman's agreement" that barred blacks from playing in white leagues, that game is nearly invisible. Financially shaky, with sporadic media coverage even in black newspapers and completely overlooked by the mainstream, Negro teams of this era played on for love of the game and in hopes that their skills would receive their due. In 1907, Sol White, a remarkable African-American ballplayer, successful manager, and baseball loyalist, wrote a small volume on the history of the black game. Part fund-raising effort, advertising brochure, team hype, celebration of black baseball, and throughout an implicit and explicit challenge to racism, Sol White's History of Colored Base Ball is the source of much of what we know of the events in the organized black game of that time. The original was poorly printed, and copies are exceedingly rare (known and rumored copies number only four). This edition republishes the full 1907 edition (with the even rarer supplement), completely reset for legibility, and reproduces all the original's illustrations, including the advertisements that speak volumes on the social world of the day. Fifteen additional documents from 1886 to 1936 augment the picture of the black game and our record of Sol White himself. The work is introduced by Jerry Malloy, a recognized expert on the history of Negro leagues who has spent years inpainstaking research into this vanished world. |
Contenido
List of Illustrations | xi |
ILLUSTRATIONS | xiv |
Cuban Giants 1887 | xxiii |
Frank Grant 1889 | xxix |
Frank Leland | xliv |
Argyle Hotel | lix |
Publishers Note | lxv |
Washingtons Manufactory | 7 |
La Flor de Manuel Camps Cuban tobacco | 91 |
Championship Cup International League 1906 | 106 |
William Reynolds Saloon advertisement | 112 |
The Colored Giants A Brief Sketch of Trentons Base Club | 130 |
Sol White | 143 |
Hotel players Palm Beach early 1900s | 145 |
The Grand Old Game | 149 |
Letter H Walter Schlichter to Sol White | 157 |
Chase Lyons Genuine Cuban Giants | 34 |
Ray Wilson Cuban XGiants | 52 |
Boxscore of Rube Fosters nohitter against Camden | 59 |
Charles Grant | 68 |
Philadelphia Giants 1902 | 77 |
Royal Cafe and Palm Garden advertisement | 83 |
སུ | 160 |
A Note on Milton Dabney 18671967 | 169 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Sol White's History of Colored Base Ball, with Other Documents on the Early ... Sol White Vista de fragmentos - 1995 |
Términos y frases comunes
Adrian African American African American baseball Arthur Thomas Athletics ball teams Base Ball Clubs baseball team baseball's Big Gorhams black baseball black players Buckner Bud Fowler Casey catcher centre field championship Chicago Unions City Clarence Williams colored ball players colored base ball Colored League colored players colored professional colored team Columbia Giants Cuban Giants Cuban Stars Fence Giants fielder Frank Grant games played George Stovey Grant Johnson Harrisburg Hotel infield International League J. M. Bright Jackson League John Bud League team left field Leland Giants Lincoln Giants major leagues manager McClellan Monroe National League Negro League Newark Ohio Original Cuban Giants outfield owner Page Fence Giants Patterson Petway Phila Philadelphia Giants pitched pitcher professional team Quaker Giants right field Rube Foster season second base second baseman shortstop Sol White Sporting third base Trenton umpire Walker Walter Schlichter white teams Whyte Wilson winning X-Giants York
Referencias a este libro
Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues Frazier Robinson,Paul Bauer Vista de fragmentos - 1999 |
When to Stop the Cheering?: The Black Press, the Black Community, and the ... Brian Carroll Sin vista previa disponible - 2006 |