"Cool Papa Bell was so fast that he could turn out the light in the room and be in bed before the room got dark"

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The Best in the Negro Leagues
This is about entertaining the crowds...

On December 11, 1868, the National Association of Baseball Players barred any team who had black ballplayers in their rosters. This was the first official "color line" in baseball. In 1920, Rube Foster (Father of Black Baseball) formed the Negro National League which was restructured in 1933. The Negro American League was formed in 1937. Both leagues played eleven World Series and their own All-Star game which came to be the biggest black sports event in the nation...

POS HITTERS POS PITCHING
C Joshua Gibson SP Ruben Gomez
C Ted Radcliff SP Satchel Paige
1B Buck Leonard SP Willie Foster
1B Oscar Charleston SP Martin Dihigo
2B Leon Day SP Bill Foster
2B Joe Rogan RP Hilton Smith
3B Judy Johnson RP Joe Williams
3B Ray Dandridge RP Dick Redding
SS Henry Lloyd RP Leroy Matlock
SS Willie Wells RP Slim Jones
OF Cool "Papa" Bell
OF Norman Stearns
OF Monte Irvin
OF Mule Suttles
OF "Wild" Bill Wright
OF Willard Brown
The Lineup...
1. Willie "El Diablo" Wells (SS)
2. Norman "Turkey" Stearns (RF)
3. Cool "Papa" Bell (CF)
4. Josh Gibson (C)
5. Buck Leonard (1B)
6. Mule Suttles (LF)
7. Judy Johnson (3B)
8. Leon Day (2B)

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