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Cover for the book: Fair Dealing and Clean Playing

Fair Dealing and Clean Playing

The Hilldale Club and the Development of Black Professional Baseball, 1910-1932

Neil Lanctot

Paper $24.95 | 9780815608653Add to cart

Subjects: sports history, African American studies, baseball, Negro League

"A study of . . . one of the best teams in the pioneer Eastern Colored League."—USA Baseball Weekly

"A thorough history . . . goes beyond player profiles and anecdotes."—Dugout

Description

The Hilldale Club of Darby, Pennsylvania, was the dominant team in black baseball during the 1920s. Their success came about largely through the efforts of Hilldale president and manager Edward Bolden. Bolden’s professionalism and reputation for fair play were instrumental in his forming the Eastern Colored (EC) League in 1922. This absorbing story, highlighted with vivid photographs, chronicles the origins and development of black baseball.

About the Author

Neil Lanctot is the author of the critically acclaimed Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution. He has written for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore Sun, and several other journals and anthologies. He lives in West Chester, Pa.


Related Interest

Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1902-1931
Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860-1901

Series: Sports and Entertainment

6 x 9, 304 pages, 36 black and white illustrations

June 2007

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