Sale 2471 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 29, 2018

356 357 356 c   (SPORTS—BASEBALL.) Press photo of pioneer female player Toni Stone. Photograph, 10 x 8 inches, retouched in the negative; captioned in manuscript in lower margin, inked stamp of the Cleveland Press on verso, minimal wear. Np, 14 August 1953 [300/400] Toni Stone (1921-1996) was the first of three women to play baseball professionally alongside men in the Negro Leagues. She played for several teams between 1949 and 1954. She is seen here with the Indianapolis Clowns, for whom she played second base in 1953—taking over the position recently vacated by the great Hank Aaron. 357 c   (SPORTS—BASEBALL.) Press photo of Betty Chapman. Photograph, 9 x 7 inches, with markings on verso including inked Acme Newspictures stamp, mimeographed caption laid down, and inked newspaper stamp; minimal wear. Chicago, 27 July 1951 [500/750] Betty Irene Chapman (1930-2001) became the first African-American in professional women’s ball in 1951 when she joined the Admiral Music Maids of the National Girls Baseball League.The league was a Chicago-based rival to the more well- known All American Girls Professional Baseball League. Chapman was a student at the Illinois State Normal College at the time. She remained with the team at least through September.