Barnstorming


The most famous team of barnstorming Indian baseball players was Green's Nebraska Indians. Formed by Lincoln businessman Guy W. Green, the Indians crisscrossed the country from 1897 into the 1910s, playing town teams that challenged them. Although the name implied that Native Americans constituted the team, it is clear that white players were also members.
Source: www.nebraskahistory.org/.../ native_baseball.htm


House of David Team
Source: the-light.com/mens/ samson/4/samson.html

 


1935 Cuban Stars Broadside
Source: Lelands.com


Homestead Greys, 1939


Ethiopian Clowns
Source:  Great Amsterdam School District


 

Barnstorming Flyers
Source:  Western Canada Baseball

 


Barnstorming Flyer, Brandon Daily Sun, June 24, 1948
Source:  Western Canada Baseball


Barnstorming Flyer
Source:  Great Amsterdam School District


1954 Program
Source: American Memory


Barnstorming Flyer, Winnipeg Tribune, June 6, 1935
Source:  Western Canada Baseball


Cecil Travis, Dizzy Dean, Satchel Paige
Early 1940s
Source:
www.baseballtoddsdugout.com/

 


"Satchel Paige Hands Beating to Dizzy Dean," Chicago Daily Tribune, October 22, 1934
Source: ProQuest


"Dizzy Dean's All-Star Aggregation Defeated," Los Angeles Times, May 25, 1942
Source: ProQuest


"Paige's Nine Plays Grays Under Lights," The Washington Post, June 14, 1942
Source: ProQuest


"Feller's Team Wins, 4-2," New York Times, October 5, 1946
Source: ProQuest


1953 Jackie Robinson Barnstorming Squad
Source: MauryWills.com

 

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