Black baseball's national showcase: the East-West All-Star Game, 1933-1953 (2002)

List of Photographs Foreword by Joe Black Acknowledgments Introduction1 The Guiding Light of Modern Negro Baseball 1933 Reviews First Negro League All-Star Heavy Hitting Beats East in Classic 20,000 See West Beat East in Baseball of West's Satellites Eclipse Stars of the East in Classic West Triumphs Over East in 11-7 Thriller Box Score First East vs. West Play by Play Description 1933 Voting Results 1934 Reviews The East vs. West Is No All Star Contest Crawfords with East in East vs. West Gets a Fanning to Inspire Players, Plan to Aid League Giants Go Wild with the Flail, Lead in Swatting E-W Seen As Economic Boom Facts Hawkins Picks Argument over East-West Voting Stop Big Bad Men of West Team Willie Foster Loses Contest to S. Paige Box Score 1934 Voting Results 1935 Reviews Satchel Can Do No Wrong Expect 30,000 at All-Star Sunday Fans' Comes True Suttles' Home Run Wins It for the West At It Again Box Score 1935 Voting Results 1936 Reviews American League Needed Paige to Win All-Star Tilt Promoters in Move to Foil Hit at Umpire Put Race Entry into Major Leagues Jim West, Gangling First Baseman of the Elites West's Best No Match for Star Eastern Outfit Satchell Paige Is Magnet at E-W 30,000 Jam Shows We're Game's Asset Box Score 1936 Voting Results 1937 Reviews Sun Still Rises in East Box Score 1937 Voting Results 1938 Reviews Greenlee Says Is for the Players, Fans West Beats East in Classic Thriller, 5 to 4 How Good Is Negro Baseball? Missed His Date The Stuff Is Here--Past--Present--Future Box Score 1938 Voting Results 1939 Chicago Reviews Gibson, Suttles and Leonard Held Hitless Sez Ches: Sun Rises in the West New Orleans Fans Hear Play by Play of East-West The Stuff Is Here ... Past--Present--Future East Meets West Again Sunday Box Score New York Reviews All-Star East-West at Yank Stadium, Aug. 27 nnl Power Crushes West 10-2 East Bats Put West to Rout Gibson Leads Attack as East Beats West, 7-2 Fay Says Box Score 1939 Voting Results 1940 Reviews Satchel Paige to American League Satchel Paige Not Eligible for 1940 East-West Baseball Classic Lefty Bowe Joins Clowns Powerful Attack Masterful Mound Work Beats West Box Score 1940 Voting Results 1941 Reviews I Cover the Eastern Front Paige to Pitch for East vs. West The Stuff Is Here: Past--Present--Future Buck Leonard's Home Run and Pitching of Paige Feature The Women Take to East vs. West Baseball Classic Fight Follows East-West Classic Box Score 1941 Voting Results 1942 Chicago Reviews I Cover the Eastern Front East Plans to Switch Fielders for Classic Through the Years ... Past--Present--Future West Ready to Halt East's Bats Let's Get This Straight East Wins before 48,000, 5-2 48,000 See East All-Stars Beat Paige and West Through the Years: Past--Present--Future The Sports Bugle: Revolt Almost Wrecked East-West Box Score Cleveland Reviews Satch Paige, Josh Gibson at Stadium on August 18 East's All-Stars Whip West, 9-2 10,791 See East All-Stars at Stadium Was Second Loss for West Outfit Box Score Memphis Review All-Star Baseball in Memphis, Oct. 4 1942 Voting Results 1943 Reviews Wyatt, Martinez, Starting Shortstops in 11th East vs. West on Aug. 1 Pitchers Star as West Beats East in Thriller Through the Years: Past--Present--Future Satchel Paige and West Take East into Camp The East-West Classic, Top Sports Event Box Score 1944 Reviews Smitty's Sports Spurts Paige Threatens Not to Hurl in All Star West Depends on Hitters to Whip East Nine Sunday 12th East-West May Be Duel of Hurlers West Bombs East in Dream Game 7 to 4 Sportorial: Was Paige Missed? East-West Highlights Through the Years: Time to Call a Halt Box Score 1945 Reviews All-Star Classic Sunday, July 29 Americans Too Good for Spiritless East West Takes All-Star Classic 9 to 6 Scalpers Take Good Beating Through the Years: Past--Present--Future The Sports Beat: East-West Star Dust Box Score 1946 Washington dc Reviews The Sports Beat: There's Only One! What a Difference a Year Makes! Dan Burley's Confidentially Yours' All-Star Classic Delayed by West's Pay Demands 62,000 See East, West Baseball Classic Box Score Chicago Reviews Comiskey Park Is Scene of 14th Annual Classic Ace West Hurlers Beat East, 4-1 The Sports Beat: Star Dust Box Score 1947 Chicago Reviews The Sports Beat: Pompez Heads N.Y. All-Star Committee Classic Tickets to Go on Sale Saturday West Wallops East, 5 to 2, before 48,112 Fans The Sports Beat: Crowd Was and Colorful Sports Lovers of Nation Converge on Chicago for Baseball Classic Dan Burley's Confidentially Yours' East-West Classic Replay 50,000 and Major League Scouts See West Beat East in Great Leagues Scout 8 Negro Players Box Score New York Reviews East vs. West Classic July 29 Negro Star to American Loop 86,514 See 2 Negro Baseball Classics Chicken-Feed Pay for Negro Umpires Box Score 1948 Chicago Reviews West Selects Players for Aug. 22 Fine Pitching by Western Aces Halts East before 42,099 Defeats East, 3-0, before 42,099 Fans Scalpers and Politics Mar East-West Chicago Box Score New York Reviews 3rd Annual All-Star at Stadium 40,000 Expected at Second East versus West Draws 17,928 Negro Nationals Score 6-1 Victory Negro Club Owners Fail to Deal Fairly with Major Leaguers Box Score 1949 Reviews Negro Baseball Leagues Starts 1949 Race Sports Beat: Baseball Eye's East-West Clash Wendell Smith's Sports Beat West Swings Rubber Bats, East Triumphs, 4-0 Slumping Crowds at East-West Games Is a Warning Signal Box Score 1950 Reviews Negro Baseball On the Ropes, Needs Support of Negro Fans to Survive United Nations Head to Toss First Ball East-West Notes West Negro Stars Win 5-3 West Captures 18th Annual East-West before 24,614 Fans Box Score 1951 Reviews Sport Light: Let's Boost Baseball East-West Vote Fay Says: You Telling Me? East Negro All-Stars Beat West, 3 to 1000 21,312 See East Beat West, 3-1 in Annual Chicago Classic Box Score 1952 Reviews Chicago Short Fielder Leads in Player Poll All Baseball Turns Eyes to East-West Tilt West Jars East in Negro Third Frame Gives West 7-3 Win over East 18,279 See Annual Chi Contest West Defeats East Box Score 1953 Reviews John L. Johnson's Sport Light See Declining Attendance Figures Heavy Hitters Give West Edge in East-West Classic West Defeats East, 5-1 Estimated 10,000 See Classic East-West Faces Death in Chicago Park All-Star Tilt Fails to Impress Scouts from Leagues East-West Needs an Overhauling The East-West Game, Should It Be Rotated? Box Score Respect, Redemption, Recognition Appendixes Summaries All-Stars by Team Individual Batting Statistics Individual Pitching Statistics All-Star Leaders, 1933-1953 Individual Batting Club Batting Individual Pitching Leading East-West Hitters by Position All-Star Home Runs (1933-1953) All-Star Trivia Future Major Leaguers Who Appeared in East-West All-Star Games All-Stars and Their Major League Debuts Sapphire Superstars of the Negro Leagues and Major Leagues Fast Facts on the First Latin American Players in the East-West Financial Statements, 1942-53 All-Time All-Star Teams Notes Bibliography