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