Red Dirt Baseball Boom and Bust Cup “Ralph Ellison

“Ralph Ellison

especially its leaders who had ignored rumors of inhumane treatment of children for years

the lessons learned

profound or outrageously funny

50 cents a spectator could watch the ball from the balcony

Red Dirt Baseball Boom and Bust Cup “Ralph EllisonBy Peter G. Pierce Twenty four Oklahoma cities and towns fielded teams in five leagues between 1920 and 1942. Dozens of past and future Major Leaguers toiled in the bushes of the Sooner State between the World Wars. Red Dirt BaseballBoom and Bust tells the story of those leagues and the ball clubs from the cities that hosted them, from Ardmore to Wewoka and Wilson along with hundreds of photos of towns, teams, and players.