Robert Peterson
- Published in print:
- 1992
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195076370
- eISBN:
- 9780199853786
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195076370.003.0034
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
Negro leagues come and go, and three reasons seem to supply the answer: that the leagues are underfinanced, that they lack leadership in the beginning, and that they never achieved the stability or ...
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Negro leagues come and go, and three reasons seem to supply the answer: that the leagues are underfinanced, that they lack leadership in the beginning, and that they never achieved the stability or discipline of white organized baseball due to the two reasons given. The chapter also tells us about Andrew Foster and his proposal of a national association patterned after the big leagues which later became the National Association of Colored Professional Baseball Clubs and the Negro National League, both of which became widely accepted among the baseball clubs. The Eastern Colored League was also opened but there was enmity between the two leagues. The chapter also discusses the effects of Foster's resignation from the League resulting in its subsequent death. A new Negro National League and the Negro American League were later formed and became successful.Less
Negro leagues come and go, and three reasons seem to supply the answer: that the leagues are underfinanced, that they lack leadership in the beginning, and that they never achieved the stability or discipline of white organized baseball due to the two reasons given. The chapter also tells us about Andrew Foster and his proposal of a national association patterned after the big leagues which later became the National Association of Colored Professional Baseball Clubs and the Negro National League, both of which became widely accepted among the baseball clubs. The Eastern Colored League was also opened but there was enmity between the two leagues. The chapter also discusses the effects of Foster's resignation from the League resulting in its subsequent death. A new Negro National League and the Negro American League were later formed and became successful.
