Curveball (48 page)

fans and, 74–75, 186

Hall of Fame and, 194n

integration and, 67–68, 110–11, 112n, 114, 124, 182–83, 201–2

Lacy and, 77

Morgan and, 160–61, 176, 204

quotation from, 193

Robinson, Jack Roosevelt “Jackie”

racism and, 79

salary of, 126

segregation and, 87–88

Smith and, 136

Stone and, 98, 150

Rollins, Norman “Speed,” 14–15, 19

Rondo neighborhood, 4–5, 6, 8, 200

Rondo’s Welcome Hall fields, 38

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 52, 169

Rudd, Charlie, 144, 147

Ruth, Babe, 5, 19–20, 28, 62, 109, 170

Saint Paul Colored Giants, 92

Saint Paul Colored Gophers, 40

Saint Paul Men’s Meat Packing League, 33, 46

Saint Paul Saints, 5–6, 22, 25

Saint Paul’s HighLex girls’ softball team, 18, 33

salaries, 86, 126, 142, 164–66, 167–68

San Diego Padres, 63, 67, 70

San Diego Tigers, 64

San Francisco Giants, 204

San Francisco Sea Lions, 64–67, 69–70, 71, 80, 81, 86

San Francisco Seals, 23, 62–63, 70, 83

San Francisco Seals Stadium, 62, 64

San Francisco Spokesman,
56

Saperstein, Abe, 64–65

Scroggins, John, 67, 85

Seattle Steel Heads, 64–65

segregation.
see also
integration; Jim Crow laws; racism

in AAGPBL, 109

barbershops and, 9–10

Brown v. Board of Education
and, 180–82

children and, 12–13

fans and, 77–78

Hall on, 83

history of, in baseball, 112

Lacy and, 77

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