Cuban Star : : how one Negro-League Owner Changed the Face of Baseball

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Shares the story of Negro League team owner Alex Pompez's founding of a notorious Harlem numbers racket as part of his efforts to finance the New York Cubans, describing his role in retaining the team throughout integration, transitioning players to the majors, and achieving a Negro League World Series Championship.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Hill and Wang, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: xvi, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780809094790

SUBJECTS
Pompez, Alex, -- 1890-1974.
Baseball scouts -- Biography.
Cuban Americans -- Biography.
African American baseball team owners -- Biography.