Table of Contents Acknowledgments deletexi Preface Introduction Chapter 1. 1870-1879 Octavius Catto (1839-1871) 10 Chapter 2. 1880-1889 Isaac Carter (1862-1884) 19 * Thomas Mann (1864-1884) 21 * George Burrell (1856-1886) 21 * John Lewis (1865-1887) 22 * Harry Woodson (1852-1887) 23 * Sherman Porter (1860-1889) 24 Chapter 3. 1890-1899 Shep Trusty (1859-1890) 28 * Gus Brooks (1867-1895) 30 * Arthur Thomas (1864-1895) 32 * James Bowens (1872-1895) 34 * George Chatman (1874-1897) 36 * Winslow Terrill (1870-1897) 37 * W.D. Driver (1868-1897) 38 * Frank Butler (1872-1899) 39 * Henry Lewis (1874-1899) 39; Additional Players of Note: Bob Edwell (1866-1890) 42 * James Kennedy (1856-1892) 42 * William Sabb (1866-1892) 43 * Henry Williams (1875-1897) 43 Chapter 4. 1900-1909 Andrew Jackson (1865-1900) 46 * Horace Wilds (1867-1902) 47 * John García (1876-1904) 49 * Jack Frye (1864-1904) 50 * Doc Howard (1873-1904) 51 * Eddie Day (1874-1906) 56 * Bud Scipio (1877-1908) 58 * Johnny Bright (1888-1908) 60 * George Washington (1874-1908) 60 * John Chenault (1888-1909) 61 * William Bedford (1886-1909) 62; Additional Players of Note: Bud Blakeman (1872-1900) 63 * Walter Collier (1872-1902) 64 Chapter 5. 1910-1919 Charles Follis (1879-1910) 66 * Sy Hayman (1885-1910) 69 * John Merida (1879-1911) 70 * Dee Williams (1884-1911) 75 * Emmett Bowman (1885-1912) 76 * Ray Wilson (1872-1912) 79 * Al Robinson (Unknown-1912) 83 * Leon Boles (1887-1914) 85 * Dangerfield Talbert (1878-1914) 86 * Bill Lindsay (1891-1914) 90 * Frank Leland (1869-1914) 93 * Bill Monroe (1878-1915) 97 * George Wilson (1875-1915) 101 * Lum Croxton (1885-1916) 104 * Arthur Ross (1878-1916) 106 * Aggie Turner (1893-1916) 107 * Harry "Mike" Moore (1876-1917) 108 * George Williams (1864-1918) 112 * Howard Petway (1884-1918) 115 Chapter 6.
World War I Ted Kimbro (1895-1918) 119 * Norman Triplett (1893-1918) 121 * Pearl "Specks" Webster (1889-1918) 122 * Lawrence Simpson (1890-1921) 125 * Anthony Mahoney (1893-1924) 127 Chapter 7. 1920-1929 Eugene Milliner (1878-1921) 130 * Zack Foreman (1893-1921) 133 * José Leblanc (1894-1922) 134 * C.I. Taylor (1875-1922) 137 * Henry McLaughlin (1886-1922) 147 * Pete Booker (1884-1922) 149 * Steel Arm Dickey (1896-1923) 152 * Eddie Holtz (1899-1924) 157 * Henry Blackmon (1891-1924) 158 * Bill Pettus (1884-1924) 163 * George "Cannonball" Jackson (1891-1924) 168 * Dick Wallace (1882-1925) 172 * Fred Goree (1892-1925) 176 * Tom Johnson (1889-1926) 181 * Arthur "Rube" Chambers (1903-1928) 185 * Pablo Mesa (1898-1928) 189 * James Moss (1897-1928) 190 * José Méndez (1885-1928) 192 * Forest Maddox (1897-1929) 196 * Valentín Dreke (1898-1929) 199; Additional Players of Note: Fred Boyd (1898-1923) 202 * John Cunningham (1892-1922) 203 * Willie Woods (1898-1927) Chapter 8. 1930-1939 Bernardo Baró (1896-1930) 206 * Pythias Russ (1904-1930) 208 * Robert Poindexter (1897-1930) 213 * Rube Foster (1879-1930) 216 * Bob McClure (1891-1931) 224 * Geechie Meredith (1899-1932) 226 * Frank Warfield (1898-1932) 230 * Charlie "Chino" Smith (1901-1932) 235 * Tom Finley (1903-1933) 240 * Eggie Dallard (1899-1933) 242 * Lemuel Hawkins (1895-1934) 245 * Ernest Gooden (1900-1934) 249 * Robert "Highpockets" Hudspeth (1894-1935) 250 * George Fiall (1900-1936) 254 * Elias "Country Brown" Bryant (1896-1930) 257 * Willie Spearman (1899-1937) 261 * Cristóbal Torriente (1893-1938) 264 * Slim Jones (1913-1938) 269; Additional Players of Note: Harry Bauchman (1890-1931) 274 * Fred Bell (1902-1936) 274 * Willie Bobo (1898-1931) 275 * Benny Brown (1911-1933) 275 * Richard "Speed Ball" Cannon (1909-1935) 276 * Charlie Craig (1906-1931) 276 * Porter "Big Boy" Dallas (1904-1936) 277 * Nelson Dean (1899-1939) 277 * Denny Despert (1891-1931) 278 * Dennis Gilchrist (1909-1936) 278 * Eddie Huff (1902-1936) 279 * Clifford Larkins (1915-1937) 279 * Clarence Lewis (1911-1937) 280 * Arnett Mitchell (1895-1934) 280 * Estéban Montalvo (1896-1930) 281 * Omer Newsome (1900-1933) 282 * Charley Williams (1897-1931) 282 Chapter 9. 1940-1949 Andy Cooper (1897-1941) 284 * Walter "Steel Arm" Davis (1896-1941) 289 * Buster Brown (1916-1942) and Smoky Owens (1912-1942) 291 * Henry Milton (1911-1943) 293 * Ted Trent (1903-1944) 296 * Darltie Cooper (1902-1944) 299 * Porter Moss (1910-1944) 301 * Rap Dixon (1902-1944) 305 * Josh Gibson (1911-1947) 310 * Tom Glover (1913-1948) 321 * Hosea Allen (1918-1948) 324; Additional Players of Note: Alex Albritton (1892-1940) 325 * Bubbles Anderson (1904-1943) 326 * Sylvester "Hooks" Foreman (1895-1940) 327 * Willie Hudson (1918-1943) 328 * Bert Hunter (1910-1948) 328 * Johnny Johnson (1916-1944) 329 * Bill McCall (1898-1943) 330 * Clyde Nelson (1921-1949) 331 * Roy Williams (1907-1944) 331 * Fred Wilson (1908-1948) 332 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index.