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Sol White's Official Base Ball Guide (Summer Game Books Baseball Classics)

Sol White's Official Base Ball Guide (Summer Game Books Baseball Classics)

Gary Ashwill
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A fascinating and unique look at the origins of Negro League Baseball, written by one of its brightest stars. Much of what is known of these players and teams and championships comes from this work.

Sol White, “King Solomon,” introduces his work this way: “I have endeavored to follow the mutations of colored base ball, as accurately as possible, from the organization of the first colored team, in 1885, to the present time [1907]…” and concludes his guide with an assertion, proven to be true 40 years later, with the arrival of Jackie Robinson” “For the players of today, with the same prospects for a future as the white players there would be a score or more of colored ballplayers cavorting around the American League or National League diamonds at the present time.”

First eBook edition, with a detailed introduction about White and times during which he played and managed, as well as a "Who's Who" of the Sol White Guide, 14 pages of biographies of all the players discussed in the guide, including their career highlights and the lives after baseball.
Language
English
Pages
224
Format
Paperback
Release
January 01, 1907
ISBN 13
9781938545214

Sol White's Official Base Ball Guide (Summer Game Books Baseball Classics)

Gary Ashwill
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
A fascinating and unique look at the origins of Negro League Baseball, written by one of its brightest stars. Much of what is known of these players and teams and championships comes from this work.

Sol White, “King Solomon,” introduces his work this way: “I have endeavored to follow the mutations of colored base ball, as accurately as possible, from the organization of the first colored team, in 1885, to the present time [1907]…” and concludes his guide with an assertion, proven to be true 40 years later, with the arrival of Jackie Robinson” “For the players of today, with the same prospects for a future as the white players there would be a score or more of colored ballplayers cavorting around the American League or National League diamonds at the present time.”

First eBook edition, with a detailed introduction about White and times during which he played and managed, as well as a "Who's Who" of the Sol White Guide, 14 pages of biographies of all the players discussed in the guide, including their career highlights and the lives after baseball.
Language
English
Pages
224
Format
Paperback
Release
January 01, 1907
ISBN 13
9781938545214

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