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INDEX Page numbers in italics indicate photographs. Teams are listed by nicknames, i.e., Clowns, White Sox, Braves. The Clowns and Syd and Alan Pollock suffuse this work to the degree thatfull indexing of these topics was neitherpossible nor necessary. Aaron, Henry "Hank;' 56, 59, 91,127,152, 201,202,225-236,268,282,287-289, 319,374,387,391; I Had a Hammer, 391 Aaron, Herbert, Mr.& Mrs., 232-233 ABCs, Indianapolis, 252 Acipco Mill team, III Adler, Felix, 8 Alberga, Aurelious, 242 Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 99, 179 Allen, Newt, 131, 150,320 All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League, 242 Al Lang Field, St. Petersburg, 359 All-City Stars, Kalamazoo (MI), 118-119 All-Stars, Charleston (WV), 104 All-Stars, Eddie Mack's, 80 All-Stars, Mel Clark's, 66, 354 All-Stars, Ossining (NY), 77 All-Stars, Toledo (OH), 104 All-Stars, Vincennes (IN), 347 Altrock, Nick, 283, 299 Amaro, Dionisio "Dave;' 200, 238, 244, 251,259,271,278 American Giants, Chicago, 80, 119, 129-130,142,147,149,155,176, 219,237-238 Amsterdam News, 167-168 Anderson, Bobbie, 356 Anderson, Eddie "Rochester;' 156 Angel, Larry, 46 Angels, Los Angeles, 320 Armstrong, Louis, 103 Art Gaines' Baseball School, 329 1\.s. See Athletics Astros, Houston, 338. See also Sports Athletic Club, New Rochelle, 76 Athletics, Philadelphia/Kansas City, 46, 217,271,332,358 Aurelia, Iowa, team, 101 Austin, Dero, 38, 324, 369, 379, 381 Bacharach Giants, 52 Bailey, Nat, 314 Baird, Thomas "Tom" Yancey, 62-63, 96, 174-175,223,230-231,234,236-237, 245-246,249,256-257,303,312,314, 319-320,330,333,354-355,387 Baker, Gene, 166 Banks, Ernie, 152, 175,230,234,248-251, 260,268,319,390 Baltimore Afro-American, 257 Barnhill, Dave "Skinny," 81,84,90,97, 112, 113, 121-122,207,208,243,260, 387,390 Barnhill, Sue Pierce, 84 Batholemay, "Boogie-Woogie Paul," 38 Barton, John J., 375 Baseball Blue Book, 301 Baseball's Hall of Fame, 318 Basie, Count, 103 Bassett, Lloyd "Pepper;' 111, 127 Bates, Wichita Stearmen Aviators player, 101 Battle, Freddie, 61, 317, 320, 328, 333, 338339 ,350-351,355,358-359 Bauza, Marcelino, 88-89 Bauza, Mario, 89 3% INDEX Bayliss, Hank, 248 Bebop. See Spec Bebop Beckwith, Johnny, 80 Bell, James Thomas "Cool Papa;' 8, 99, 162,387 Bell, Mitchell, 281 Bell, Ralph. See Spec Bebop Belmont Blues, 280 Bennett, George, 356 Berksteiner, Dan, 379 Bernardini, Gaspar, 381 Bingo Long (etc.) movie, 331 Birmingham, racial climate in, 147-148, 269-270,306,359-360 Black Barons, Birmingham, 28, 54, 77, 96, 98,102,104,109,111-113,116,125, 152,157,174,222,236-238,243,245, 249-251,314,319 Black Bears, Mobile, 224-225 Blackcaps, Southern League, 78 Black Cubans, Mobile, 224 Black Lookouts, Louisville, 28 Black Sox, Baltimore, 77 Black Spiders, Louisville, 25 Black Yankees, New York, 52, 81, 138, 165, 177,263-264,271-273,278 Bland, Jim "B. D.;' 64, 353 Blauvelt, O. K., 315 Bloomer Girls, New York, 48, 72 Blue Sox, Westchester, 47, 48, 71, 72 Blues Stadium, Kansas City, 248 Bona Allen club, Buford, Georgia, 99-102 Bond, Reuben, 361 Bowe, Lefty, 97 Bowman Gum Company, 215-217 Boyd, Bob, 175 Boyd,Lincoln, 219-220,296,300, 371 Branca, Ralph, 267, 270 Braucher, Bill, 370 Braves, Boston!Milwaukee!Atlanta, 224, 227,229-234,241,261,268,281,289, 319,326,338 Braves, St. Petersburg, 313 Brewer, Chet, 166,372 Brewer, Sherwood, 127, 130-131, 134, 168, 219,224,248 Bridgeforth, William "Soo;' 245-246 Briggs Stadium, Detroit, 274 Brison, Birmingham Sam, 21, 29, 34, 36, 38,64,65,66,315,330-332,340,342, 361,363,365,368,370,373-374,379, 381,387 Britton, Johnny, 177 Broonzy, Bill, 386 Browder, Jim, 372 Brown, Barney, 77 Brown, George "Sugar;' 337-338 Brown, John, 141 Brown, Willie, 219, 238, 244, 260 Browns, St. Louis, 313 Bruton, Bill, 241, 281 Bryan Eagle, 361 Buckeyes, Cleveland, 123, 145, 161, 167,177 Burns, Bobby, 284, 313 Burns, Jeanette, 284 Burns, Willie, 138 Bush, Owen 1. "Ownie;' 155-156 Bushwicks, Brooklyn, 13,24,27,98,118, 157,174 bustravel,27,42,57,61, 75,105-108,136142 ,224,283,304-305,314-315,317, 350-354,362-364 Butts, Harry, 178, 222 Butts, Tom "Pee Wee;' 128 Cabrera, Rafael, 117 Caledonia the trained duck, 31-32 Campanella, Roy, 174,233,266-267,289 Campbell Park, 313 Campbell, Hunter, 27, 49-50,60-61,64, 73,74,82,84-85...

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