Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1902-1931: The Negro National and Eastern Colored Leagues

Contents

Contents List of Illustrations ◆ ix Introduction ◆ xi Part One. Independent Ball, 1902–1920 1. Continuity and Change ◆ 3 2. Black Professional Baseball’s Growth and Expansion, 1906–1907 ◆ 28 3. Striving for Professionalism ◆ 72 4. Years of Transition, 1911–1913 ◆ 104 5. Black Baseball and the Separate Black Economy ◆ 138 6. The War Years: Toward the Rise of the Negro Leagues ◆ 171 Part Two. The Rise and Fall of the Negro National and Eastern Colored Leagues, 1920–1931 7. Pitfalls of Baseball: The Rise of the Negro National League ◆ 241 8. Black Baseball War: The Rise of the Eastern Colored League ◆ 271 viii ◆ Contents 9. Pursuing Peace ◆ 309 10. Caught in a Rundown ◆ 342 11. Before the Fall ◆ 371 12. The End of an Era ◆ 404 Notes ◆ 429 Bibliography ◆ 471 Index ◆ 477 ...