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Only the ball was white : a history of legendary Black players and all-Black professional teams /

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"Early in the 1920s, the New York Giants sent a scout to watch a young Cuban play for Foster's American Giants, a baseball club in the Negro Leagues. The scout liked what he saw, but was disappointed in the player's appearance. "He was a light brown," recalled one of Torrien...

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Main Author: Peterson, Robert, 1925-2006
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Subjects:
Baseball > United States > History.
African American baseball players > Biography.
Negro leagues > History.
Joueurs de base-ball noirs américains > Biographies.
Ligues des Noirs (Base-ball) > Histoire.
African American baseball players
Baseball
United States
Honkbal.
Electronic books.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Instructional and educational works.
Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
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Call Number: GV863.A1 P47 1992
 
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