Research Catalog

Title

Sol. White's official base ball guide / by Sol White, captain, Philadelphia Giants, champions 1905-1906-1907 ; edited by H. Walter Schlichter.

Author

White, Sol, 1868-

Publication

Philadelphia, Pa. : [s.n., 1907]

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Details

Additional Authors

Schlichter, H. Walter.

Description

[2], 5-128 p. : ill., ports.; 15 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

• Sol. White's official baseball guide
• History of colored base ball
• History of colored baseball

Subject

• African American baseball players > Biography
• African American baseball players > Portraits
• African American baseball players > History
• Baseball teams > United States > History
• Baseball players > United States > Biography
• Negro leagues > History

Genre/Form

• Ink stamps (Provenance)
• Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• In printed paper wrappers, with a portrait of the author on the recto of the upper wrapper, and an advertisement for A.G. Spalding & Bros. on the verso.
• "Copyright, 1907 by H. Walter Schlichter."--verso of title page.
• Advertisements throughout.

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink on recto of upper wrapper "A. Schomburg." ; With the ink stamp: "Schomburg Collection." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

Preface -- Sol. White -- Colored baseball -- Championship contests -- Notable feats of colored pitchers -- Colored base ball as a profession -- Managers troubles -- The color line -- Old timers compared -- The cubans -- How to pitch / by Andrew Foster -- Art and science of hitting / by Grant (Home Run) Johnson -- Casey at the bat! -- When Casey slugged the bat -- Colored players and the league.

Call Number

Sc Rare 797-W (White, S. Sol. White's official baseball guide)

OCLC

• 28054231
• NYPGR28054231-B

Author

White, Sol, 1868-

Title

Sol. White's official base ball guide / by Sol White, captain, Philadelphia Giants, champions 1905-1906-1907 ; edited by H. Walter Schlichter.

Imprint

Philadelphia, Pa. : [s.n., 1907]

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 797-W (accession no. B527235/B767474) inscribed: in ink on recto of upper wrapper "A. Schomburg." ; With the ink stamp: "Schomburg Collection." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Schlichter, H. Walter.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner, inscriber.

Cover Title

History of colored base ball

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 797-W (White, S. Sol. White's official baseball guide)