Table of Contents

• Foreword by Monte Irvin
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. He Could Pick It
• 2. I Never Went for Anything Crooked
• 3. Family
• 4. Leaving Home to Play Ball
• 5. The "Devil"
• 6. You Had to Do All Kinds of Things to Get By
• 7. They Treat Me Like a Man
• 8. My Contract Said "Ballplayer"
• 9. We'll Talk
• 10. He Has Slowed Up Afield
• 11. A Mind-Set Put to Rest
• 12. Any Players with Hall of Fame Credentials?
• 13. Tradition Meets Fair Play
• 14. Why in Hell?
• 15. The "Devil" Is In
• 16. Righting a Wrong
• 17. "Baseball Is a Beautiful Game"
• Notes
• Sources: Books, Magazines, Interviews, Newspapers, and Archives
• Index

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The first complete biography of an important Negro League baseball player from Austin, Texas

About the Author

Bob Luke is the author of Dean of Umpires: A Biography of Bill McGowan, 1896-1954. He lives in Garrett Park, Maryland.