Curveball (47 page)

integration and, 111

Robinson and, 161

Stone’s recollections of, 197

style of, 201

Williams on, 199

Memphis Red Sox, 94–95, 115, 118, 175, 178–79

Minneapolis Colored Keystones, 40

Minneapolis Millerettes, 108

Minneapolis Millers, 5–6

Minnesota Municipal League State Championship, 18

Mobile Black Bears, 116

Montage, Eddie, 96

Morgan, Connie

after baseball, 203–4

background of, 159–60

brother of, 172

Charleston and, 176

at Connie Mack Stadium, 185

East-West All-Star game and, 187

integration and, 202

Monarchs home opener and, 180

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

and, 207

photograph of, 195

retirement of, 191

statistics and, 190n

Stone and, 162, 164, 167

at Yankee Stadium, 186

Morris, Harold “Yellowhorse,” 65–67, 74, 86, 171

Motley, Bob, 171–72, 174–75, 177,

188–89, 208

Murphy, Janabelle, 12–14, 43, 49

NAACP, 11–12, 105

Nashville Elite Giants, 113

Negro American League, 114–15, 121, 133, 173

Negro Association Press, 122

Negro House of David teams, 44, 48

Negro League

clowning argument and, 93–94

decline of, 193–95, 200–201

East-West All-Star game and, 149–50

integration and, 111

newspaper coverage and, 81

opening day, 127

opportunities with, 49

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, 205, 206–7

Negro Leagues, history of, 112–14

The Negro Motorist Green Book, 152

Negro National League (NNL), 114, 169

Negro Southern League, 48, 74, 113

Neil, Ray, 124, 127, 135, 140, 163, 184

New Orleans Creoles, 73–74, 86–87, 88–89, 94–96

New Orleans Pelicans, 75–76

New York Cubans, 44

New York Giants, 5, 98, 111, 175, 186

New York Highlanders, 24

New York Yankees, 5, 61, 109, 111

Newark Eagles, 99, 115, 171

Newcombe, Don, 87, 186

newspapers.
see
press coverage

Oakland Larks, 64–65

O’Neil, John Jordan “Buck”

background of, 173–75

Baird and, 111

Banks and, 129

on Charleston, 164

with Cubs, 205–6

education of, 181

fight with, 190–91

on New Orleans, 73

opposing players and, 188

on salaries, 75

Stone and, 168, 183, 186, 189

warnings from, 154

Osage River Bridge, 144–45

Owens, Jesse, 21, 64

Pacific Coast League (PCL), 62–63, 70, 83, 99

Page, Alan, 73–74, 80, 84–85, 86, 107, 118

Page Hotel, 73, 84

Paige, Leroy “Satchel”

Bismark Churchills and, 41–42

Black Pelicans and, 78–79n

Hall of Fame and, 194n, 199

quotation from, 199

Robinson and, 68

singing and, 113

Stone and, 6, 211

Wilkinson and, 170

Parade Park, 179

Parks, Rosa, 196

Pelican Stadium, 74, 75–78, 86

Peninsula Baseball League, 62

Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, 203

Peterson, Robert, 199–200

Philadelphia Stars, 94, 96, 115, 118, 176

Philly Stars, 22

Phyllis Wheatley Negro Community Center, 14

Pittsburgh Courier,
81, 93, 136, 148–49

Pittsburgh Crawfords, 21, 94, 113, 175

Pittsburgh Pirates, 61, 75

Plessy v. Ferguson,
72–73, 181

Police Athletic League (PAL), 158

Pollock, Alan, 118, 151, 208

Pollock, Syd

Aaron and, 116, 118

Baird compared to, 171–72

Charleston and, 175

clowning and, 93–94, 114

contracts and, 115, 163

decline of league and, 191, 194

female players and, 150–51, 159, 160–61, 167, 185

Haywood and, 124, 164

injuries and, 139

in Kansas City, 134

Neal and, 124

O’Neil and, 173

press coverage and, 138

press releases and, 121–22, 144, 176

salary negotiations and, 126, 164–66z

segregation and, 128

Stone and, 118–19, 124, 136, 140, 143, 161

travel and, 130–31, 132, 147

uniforms and, 123, 172

Polo Grounds, 140

Ponce de Leon Park, 88

Portland Rose Buds, 64

Portlock, David, 63–64

Posey, Cumberland Willis “Cum," 93–94, 113–14

press coverage

of Baird, 170–71

criticism in, 136–38, 189

of declining teams, 188

Ebony
feature, 142

inadequacy of, 80–82, 186

by Lacy, 148–49

politics and, 83

of Stone, 27, 37, 135, 150, 177

press releases, 121–22, 144

prostitutes

hospitality of, 155–57

Stone’s uniform and, 172

racism.
see also
Jim Crow laws; segregation

Colored Giants and, 45–46

fans and, 78–79

restaurants and, 12–13, 117

Zulu parade and, 90–92

Rasberry, Ted, 194, 205

reckless eyeballing, 154–55

Richardson, Ted, 134, 140, 144

Rickey, Branch

Baird and, 170

integration and, 111–12, 114

Robinson and, 68

segregation and, 87–88

Street and, 25

Rickwood Field, 96, 135

Riley, Maggie, 121

Robinson, Deseria “Boo Boo,” 143

Robinson, Jack Roosevelt “Jackie”

age and, 184

All-Star team and, 160–61

Baird and, 170–71

decline of, 194