Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone The First Woman to Play Professional Baseball in the Negro League

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by Martha Ackmann


  in New Orleans, 71–73

  Pacific Coast League and, 63

  Pelican Stadium and, 77–78

  press commentary on, 83

  Robinson and, 161–62

  travel and, 152–55

  shipyards, women working in, 54–55

  Smith, Hilton, 41, 194n

  Smith, Johnnie Mae, 7, 37

  Smith, Percy, 134, 140

  Smith, Wendell, 81, 93–94, 136–38, 191

  spring training, 123–24, 125, 126

  St. Cyprian’s recreational league, 157–58

  St. Francis de Sales church, 197–98

  St. Ignatius Catholic baseball team, 122

  St. Louis Browns, 33, 122n

  St. Louis Cardinals, 5, 25, 30, 61

  St. Louis Giants, 113

  St. Louis Stars, 95

  St. Peter Claver, 1–3, 15

  statistics

  1953 season and, 163

  1954 season and, 190

  batting averages, 140

  keeping of, 82–83

  press coverage and, 136–37

  Sterling Club, 15

  Stockard, Russell, 82–83

  Stone, Bernous “Bunny,” 7, 49–50, 51–52, 53

  Stone, Blanche, 7, 49, 192, 196

  Stone, Boykin

  background of, 6–7

  barbershop of, 9–10, 11

  Colored Giants and, 43

  concerns of, 1–5, 15, 18, 49

  lessons from, 97

  newspaper coverage and, 98

  separation from wife and, 196

  Stone’s education and, 36–37

  at Tuskegee Institute, 19

  Stone, Quinten, 7, 46, 49

  Stone, Toni “Tomboy”

  age of, 61, 98–99, 126

  break from baseball and, 105, 107–8

  celebrity of, 125

  childhood of, 1–7, 12–15

  education of, 19, 35–37, 46

  equipment and, 17, 33

  fans and, 130

  harassment of, 139–40

  Indianapolis Clowns and, 118–19

  interview with, ix–xiii

  learning baseball and, 19–21, 43–44, 96, 151

  marriage of, 103

  name change and, 59

  nickname of, 14–15

  offseason and, 97

  Pollock and, 141–42

  press coverage of, 98, 135, 136–38, 142

  recognition of, 36–37, 205–8, 209–10

  San Francisco arrival and, 51–55

  shipyard work and, 54–55

  social life of, 103–5

  Street and, 22, 25–28, 30, 32–33

  Stone, Willa

  absence at games, 43

  barbershop of, 9–10, 11

  barnstorming and, 38–39

  in California, 192, 196

  concerns of, 1–5, 15, 18

  ice skating and, 14

  lessons from, 97

  marriage of, 7

  newspaper coverage and, 98

  Stone’s education and, 36–38

  Street, Charles Evard “Gabby”

  background of, 23–25

  death of, 107

  Ku Klux Klan and, 30–32

  with Saint Paul Saints, 5

  Stone and, 22, 25–28, 30, 32–33, 53, 98

  Washington Monument catch and, 28–30

  swing bunt, 44–45

  Taylor, Olan “Jelly,” 94, 95

  teammate relations, 139–40, 155–56, 174–75, 187

  Till, Emmett, 195–96

  Times-Picayune (New Orleans), 82

  Title IX legislation, 206

  travel

  accidents and, 131–32, 144–45

  accommodations and, 154–57

  dangers of, 131–33

  difficulties of, 45, 128

  Jim Crow laws and, 152–54

  passing the time during, 85

  to spring training, 123–24

  Turner, Miki, 126n, 207

  Tuskegee Institute, 7, 19

  Twin City Colored Giants, 38–39, 40–46

  uniforms

  cleanliness of, 76

  Indianapolis Clowns and, 127

  lack of, 60

  Pollock and, 172

  prostitutes and, 156–57

  skirts and, 123

  Stone’s first, 39

  United Defense League (UDL), 162

  Warren, Earl, 64, 181

  Washington, Booker T., 7, 19, 32, 106

  Washington Monument, 29

  Washington Senators, 24, 29

  West Coast Negro Baseball Association (WCNBA), 64–65, 67

  White, George, 38–39, 46

  Wilkinson, J. L. (James Leslie), 168–70, 194n

  Williams, Ted, 63, 199

  Wilson, Fabiola, 85

  Wilson, M. H. “Chauff,” 123, 128, 131–32, 144, 152

  Withers, Ernest, 195–96

  Women’s Sports Foundation, 207

  Workman, Little Sammy, 65–66, 70, 80, 86

  World War II, women in workforce and, 54–56

  Wright, Mose, 195–96

  Wrigley, Philip, 108–9

  X, Malcolm, 199

  Yankee Stadium, 140, 185

  Zulu Cannibal Giants, 92–93

  Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, 90–91

  Содержание

  Prologue

  1 A Question of Sin

  2 Miracle in Saint Paul

  3 Barnstorming with the Colored Giants

  4 Golden Gate

  5 Finding the Heart of the Game

  6 On Deck

  7 Number

  8 Keep on at It

  9 A Baseball Has 108 Stitches

  10 Happiest Day of My Life

  Acknowledgments

  Notes

  Selected Bibliography

  Index

 

 

 


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