Willie Wells : El Diablo of the Negro Leagues.
Luke, Bob.
Willie Wells : El Diablo of the Negro Leagues. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (209 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Monte Irvin -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. He Could Pick It -- Two. I Never Went for Anything Crooked -- Three. Family -- Four. Leaving Home to Play Ball -- Five. The "Devil" -- Six. You Had to Do All Kinds of Things -- Seven. They Treat Me Like a Man -- Eight. My Contract Said "Ballplayer" -- Nine. We'll Talk -- Ten. He Has Slowed Up Afield -- Eleven. A Mind-Set Put to Rest -- Twelve. Any Players with Hall of Fame Credentials? -- Thirteen. Tradition Meets Fair Play -- Fourteen. Why in Hell? -- Fifteen. The "Devil" Is In -- Sixteen. Righting a Wrong -- Seventeen. "Baseball Is a Beautiful Game" -- Notes -- Introduction -- One -- Two -- Three -- Four -- Five -- Six -- Seven -- Eight -- Nine -- Ten -- Eleven -- Twelve -- Thirteen -- Fourteen -- Fifteen -- Sixteen -- Seventeen -- Sources: Books, Magazines, Interviews, Newspapers, and Archives -- Index.
No detailed description available for "Willie Wells".
9780292794986
Wells, Willie.
Baseball players-United States-Biography.
African American baseball players-Biography.
Negro leagues.
Electronic books.
GV865
Willie Wells : El Diablo of the Negro Leagues. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (209 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Monte Irvin -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. He Could Pick It -- Two. I Never Went for Anything Crooked -- Three. Family -- Four. Leaving Home to Play Ball -- Five. The "Devil" -- Six. You Had to Do All Kinds of Things -- Seven. They Treat Me Like a Man -- Eight. My Contract Said "Ballplayer" -- Nine. We'll Talk -- Ten. He Has Slowed Up Afield -- Eleven. A Mind-Set Put to Rest -- Twelve. Any Players with Hall of Fame Credentials? -- Thirteen. Tradition Meets Fair Play -- Fourteen. Why in Hell? -- Fifteen. The "Devil" Is In -- Sixteen. Righting a Wrong -- Seventeen. "Baseball Is a Beautiful Game" -- Notes -- Introduction -- One -- Two -- Three -- Four -- Five -- Six -- Seven -- Eight -- Nine -- Ten -- Eleven -- Twelve -- Thirteen -- Fourteen -- Fifteen -- Sixteen -- Seventeen -- Sources: Books, Magazines, Interviews, Newspapers, and Archives -- Index.
No detailed description available for "Willie Wells".
9780292794986
Wells, Willie.
Baseball players-United States-Biography.
African American baseball players-Biography.
Negro leagues.
Electronic books.
GV865