„… Major Leagues, in denen der professionelle amerikanische Mannschaftssport in den Sportarten Baseball …” „… dargestellt werden. a) Barnstorming Mit zunehmender Popularität der jeweiligen Sportart kam das …” „… Geschäftsmodell der so genannten barnstorming- Teams auf. Hierzu stellten einzelne Unternehmer Spieler zu einer …”

„… . Entstehung der Major Leagues 24 a) Barnstorming 25 b) Die heute bestehenden U.S.- amerikanischen Major …” „… der Insolvenzklauseln 107 (a) Baseball 107 (b) Eishockey 108 (c) American Football 108 (d …”

„… aPAGE 38................. 18849$ $CH3 02-16-16 15:14:54 PSThe World of Black Baseball 39barnstorming …” „… C H A P T E R T H R E EThe World of Black BaseballIn 1872, Bud Fowler put on a glove for a New …” „… other club. Theywould come to send more players into the white Majors and the BaseballHall of Fame than …”

„… baseball—appeared to reemerge.Whether that represented a natural progression or the explicit end of theplayer’s …” „… necessary to establish forever theNegro’s place in baseball—and possibly in America.’’Interestingly, the …” „… over the hurdle from Negro baseballto major league baseball. What about major league business?’’ the …”

„… Baraka, Amiri, 112Barber, Red, 79, 158–59Barney, Rex, 77Barnhill, Dave, 32barnstorming, 30, 37; in …” „… Venezuela, 60–61Barnum, Phineas T., 43Bartlett, Ray, 10Baseball Hall of Fame induction, 130–33Basie, Count …”

„… C H A P T E R F O U R‘‘A Badge of Martyrdom’’Robinson’s Entry into White BaseballBranch Rickey’s …” „… baseball.’’After short stints as a professional player, Branch Rickey had begun hisMajor League management career …” „… conclusion to his first difficult year in white baseball.PAGE 65................. 18849$ $CH4 02-16-16 …”

„… . At twenty- five she was touring with a semiprofessional barnstorming men’s team, and by the time she …” „… was baseball’s “triple trailblazer” because she was a woman, she was African American, and she was …” „… able to overcome the idea that women “did not play baseball.” She overcame all of those barriers and …”

„… formed in Washington.“To me it was nice,” she told the Washington Post of her baseball barnstorming years …” „… football, and we didn’t have tennis. All we knew was baseball.”Her uncle Leo saw that his niece had an …” „… , carving out one of the greatest careers in baseball.As African American players began to fill big league …”

„… , to professional baseball.As Christy Walsh boarded a train to begin a winter barnstorming tour, he did …” „… proof all was right once again with baseball.No one was more responsible for the restoration of …” „… baseball.Throughout the summer of 1927, scant mention of the winter gambling scandal that involved Ty Cobb and Tris …”

„… Ruth ran afoul of Commis-sioner Landis for violating baseball barnstorming rules in the fall of 1921 …” „… the highest-paid player in baseball.Once Ty Cobb was cleared to resume his playing career, his …” „… valuable publicity for baseball—“pro bono publicity,” suggested one sportswriter.12In the days that …”

„… simply not something done in baseball. Walsh could only hope that a month of rehearsing for this very …” „… knew that Babe Ruth’s peak earning power in baseball was nearing its end. This was perhaps the most …” „… life after baseball. It was not an easy task. As prolific as Babe Ruth was at losing base-balls during …”

„… while with the Herald that the ardent baseball fan conjured his first scoop. Christy Mathewson, the …” „… first season with the team, Ruth had erupted into a phenomenon. Not just a baseball phenomenon but as W …” „… . O. McGeehan suggested in the New York Tribune, he was “the idol of the American male.”1 To baseball …”

„… baseball, 23; accusations by Dutch Leonard, 1, 2, 7, 8, 25–27, 35–37, 40, 45, 47–53, 56; Black Sox scandal …” „… , 145, 148Leonard, Cuyler, 2Leonard, David, 2Leonard, Ella, 2Leonard, Hubert “Dutch”: baseball season of …” „… , 100, 107; creation of baseball commissioner role, 27; development of Yankee Stadium, 89; disciplining …”

„… . Each was keen for something entirely different from the baseball icon—his opinion of the accusations …” „… champion-ship cups to high school football teams and signed baseballs as rewards to essay winners. Then there …” „… pitched baseballs, but rather tossed footballs. It wasn’t until the second hour that he finally got hold …”

„… .”5From Memorial Day to Labor Day, fans across America were captivated by baseball’s two-man duel for …” „… chart was Lou Gehrig, whose batting average was the best in baseball. But since hitting his 45th home …” „… Artie McGovern during the upcoming winter. But first would come a barnstorming tour along with Ruth, one …”

„… 123Chapter 6IN JACKIE’S MEMORYTHE DAY THE KLAN PLAYED BALLIn 1925 a barnstorming baseball team of …” „… , OPENING DAY 2020IntroductionWhen I happened upon an account of the Ku Klux Klan playing a baseball game …” „… African Americans armed with baseball bats. And gloves.The beating occurred on a baseball diamond, Island …”