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Rube Foster

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Books

Cooper, Michael L. Playing America's Game: The Story of Negro League Baseball. New York: Dutton, 1993.

Lester, Larry, Sammy J. Miller, and Dick Clark. Black Baseball in Detroit. Arcadia Publishing, 2000.

Notable Black American Men. Detroit: Gale, 1998.

Peterson, Robert. Only the Ball Was White. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1970.

Periodicals

Keisser, Bob. "When Only the Ball Was White History: Former Negro League Players Spread the Word about Their Innovative Game." Long Beach Press-Telegram (February 24, 1997): C1.

Story, Rosalyn. "A Museum of Their Own: Kansas City Preserves the Legacy of Negro Leagues Players." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (July 10, 1997): C-1.

Whiteside, Larry. "Long before Jackie Robinson's Historic Debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Negro League Players Thrived in Anonymity—and Made His Signing Possible, Paving the Way." Boston Globe (July 9, 1999): F5.

Other

"Ban Johnson: AL President 1901-1927." SportsEcyclopedia.com. http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/mlb/al/bjohnson.html. (October 5, 2002).

Goldman, Steve. "The Genius: Foster Made Negro League Baseball Successful." MajorLeagueBaseball.com. http://mlb.com (October 5, 2002).

Kleinknect, Merl F. "Rube Foster." BaseballLibrary.com.http://www.pubdim.net/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/(September 17, 2002).

Kleinman, Jeremy. "Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns Pt. 1." DVD Talk.com. http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews (October 5, 2002).

Rogosin, W. Donn. "Foster, Andrew [Rube]." The Handbook of Texas Online. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/ handbook/online/articles/view/FF/(September 19, 2002).

Suehsdorf, A. D. "Ban Johnson." BaseballLibrary.com. http://www.pubdim.net/baseballlibrary/(October 4, 2002).

"The 20th Century's Greatest Sports Losers." ESPN.com. http://espn.go.com/(October 5, 2002).

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Famous Sports StarsBaseballRube Foster Biography - Boyhood And Early Barnstorming Career, Moves North, Earns Nickname, Chronology, Chicago American Giants