Barnstorming to Heaven : Syd Pollock and his great black teams

Barnstorming to Heaven : Syd Pollock and his great black teams /

"A rare insider's perspective on baseball's great barnstorming age. The Indianapolis Clowns were a black touring baseball team that featured an entertaining mix of comedy, showmanship, and skill. Sometimes referred to as the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball--though many of the Globetr...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Pollock, Alan J. (Author)
Other Authors: Riley, James A. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, 2012
Subjects:
Pollock, Syd.
Indianapolis Clowns (Baseball team) > History.
Baseball team owners > United States > Biography.
Negro leagues > History.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Celebration : the essence of the Clowns. The heart and soul of black baseball
  • Peanuts, Goose and Ed
  • Nature Boy, Prince Jo and Birmingham Sam
  • Syd Pollock : the man behind the Clowns. Dad and baseball
  • View from the office
  • View from the bus
  • The twenties and thirties : road map. Blue Sox, Red Sox and Cuban stars
  • Enter the Clowns
  • The forties : with fire. Denver post tournament champions
  • Bunny and Buster
  • Style defined and refined
  • Highlights and insights
  • More tales of Goose and Tut
  • Life on the road
  • At the helm
  • Remembrance of players past
  • The fifties : the Jody transition. First pennant
  • Repeat champions
  • A shortstop named Henry
  • Toni Stone
  • Charlie, Connie and Peanut
  • Jackie Robinson's All-stars
  • On the road again
  • Farewell to the king
  • Bobo, Yogi and Chauff
  • The sixties : a section reserved for whites. No Camelot for the Clowns
  • The Clowns in Cooperstown
  • Bobo revisited
  • My roomie
  • On being black and on the road
  • Riding into the sunset
  • One last hurrah
  • As mailmen whistle. THe last whaler
  • Legacy.

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