Negro League Baseball Discussion Forum: Former Players – Information Exchange: infor on these player's
By loretta leeks (Mamajoe) on Wednesday, August 18, 1999 – 12:11 pm:
Do anyone have any infor on these players Wilmer Fields Bill Cash Lyman Bostock Jim Zapp Red Moore and do anyone have infor on some of the female players like names of some of them loretta
By TERENCE SCANTLEBURY (Terence) on Saturday, August 21, 1999 – 03:05 pm:
Loretta:
Wilmer (Red ) Fields is living in Manassas Va. Played for the Homestead Grays from 1940 to 1950. He was a pitcher. He was on the team that won the last Negro National League championship. After the 1950 season he played in the Canadian League, the International Leagues with the Toronto Maple Leafs and also a season in the mexican league.
Bill (Ready) Cash calls Philadelphia his home. Bill Cash was a catcher & played with the Philadelphia Stars from 1943-1950. He was on the East-West All-Star team in 1948 and again in 1949. After his last season with the Stars, he played a year in the Mexican Leagues with the Mexico City Red Devils. Bill played in the Canadian League in 1951 & in the minor leagues in 1952-1953.
Lyman Bostock lives in Birmingham Ala. He was a first baseman with the Birmingham Black Barons, the New York Cubans, the Chicago Americans, snd the Brooklyn Royal Giants. His career spanned from 1938-1949 in the Negro leagues. He played in the 1941 East-West All-Star game. Lyman in 1948 played in the mexican Leagues and from 1950-1954 played in the minors.
Lyman also had a son Lyman Bostock, Jr. who played in the majors and was just beginning to make a name for himself before he was killed by his ex-wife.
Jim Zapp lives in Nashville, Tenn. Zapp was an outfielder, who played for the Baltimore Elite Giants, the Atlanta Black Crackers and the Birmingham Black Barons. Zapp could hit for power and average. After leaving the Negro Leagues Zapp went on to paly in the minor leagues from 1952-1955.
James (Red) Moore is living in Atlanta Ga. He was a first Baseman with the Atlanta Black Crackers, Newark Eagles, Indianapolis ABCs and the Baltimore Elite Giants. Known for his fielding, he made catching difficult plays look easy. While playing with the Newark Eagles at times he was a member of the famed "million dollar infield" which had Dick Seay at second, Willie Wells at short stop, Ray Dandridge at third, and Leon Ruffin behind the plate. When Moore would play first, home run hitter "Mule" Suttles would have to go to the outfield.
Toni Stone, who lived in Oakland Ca., happened to be the first female to play in the Negro American League. Toni was a second baseman who played in 1953 with the Indianapols Clowns and in 1954 with the Kansas City Monarchs. In 1993 Toni was inducted into the Women's Sports Hall Of Fame.
Connie Morgan, played with the Indianapolis Clowns from 1954-1955, when she replaced Toni Stone. Connie started her career at the age of 14, playing with an all girls baseball team in Philadelphia before sining signing with the Clowns at the age of 19.
I hope this will help you.
Terence
By loretta leeks (Mamajoe) on Monday, August 23, 1999 – 09:07 pm:
hi everyone; could anyone tell me about some of the players from 1924 on the kansas city monarchs i brought a picture of the team during that time some of the player's name listed are mendez, w.bell, c. bells, rogan, thanks loretta
By loretta leeks (Mamajoe) on Monday, August 23, 1999 – 09:07 pm:
hi everyone; could anyone tell me about some of the players from 1924 on the kansas city monarchs i brought a picture of the team during that time some of the player's name listed are mendez, w.bell, c. bells, rogan, thanks loretta
By Brent Kelley (Tomturner) on Tuesday, August 24, 1999 – 12:13 pm:
Mamie "Peanut" Johnson was another female player. She pitched for the Ind. Clowns in the '50s.
By Peter Roy Sandman (Petesandman) on Sunday, November 28, 1999 – 06:34 pm:
There was also a female second baseman for the Inkster Colored Panthers of 1952 – Mollie Wade. This was the barnstorming team which featured J.C. Hartman and Leon Wagner batting four and five in the lineup. Any information on Mollie Wade would be appreciated. I have a scorebook when Hartman and Wagner barnstormed through Frankfort, Michigan that year.
By Wheels (Wheels) on Thursday, July 13, 2000 – 09:00 am:
Hi fellow afficionados! Need some help! Found an old picture of a Negro team called Wilcox and Draper. Team members include these last names: Smith, Thompson, Hall, Keene, Burley or Busby, A. Lewis, Tolbert, Anderson, D. Lewis, Parris. It's signed by all team members. Bought at an estate sale of a man who came from Minnesota. Want to establish place team played and time frame. Also want to find the correct place to give this picture once identified…..so it has the proper historical "resting place" within an organization that will best display it and use it wisely. Any clues out there? Anyone recognize this team name or any of the players? Please advise. Thanks.
Kathryn Wheeling-Culligan
By Richmond (Richmond) on Saturday, September 23, 2000 – 01:32 pm:
Jim Zapp is my father. True, he's living in Nashville, Tenn. He still loves to sit and talk baseball, as well as keep up with it today. Unfornately, many of his old friends from the Negro Leagues have passed away. After retiring from civil service, where he was an Air Force Base Athletic Director, he moved back home to Nashville. At the time, many of his old friends were still alive and living there. The most recent of his good friends to pass was Henry Kimbrough. My Dad feels that Henry should have made it to the Hall of Fame, but thinks that his temperament kept him out. The only living Negro League player other than my Dad is Wesley "Doc" Dennis, and he's in very bad health.