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(SPORTS—BASEBALL.) BOLDEN, EDWARD, ED.
Ed. Bolden’s Phila.
Stars.
Real Photo Post Card of Edward Bolden’s Philadelphia Stars, with a long caption
identifying each player beneath the image
SIGNED BY ED BOLDEN ON THE REVERSE
.
[Philadelphia, circa 1933]
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A RARE PHOTO OF THE PHILADELPHIA STARS
,
SIGNED BY THEIR MANAGER THE LEG
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ENDARY ED BOLDEN
The Philadelphia Stars were a Negro league baseball team founded in
1933 by Ed Bolden. Bolden (1881-1950), returned to professional black baseball after being
idle since early 1930. The Stars became an independent ball club in 1933, a member of the
Negro National League from 1934 until the League’s collapse following the 1948 season.
They were affiliated with the Negro American League from 1949 to 1952. In 1934, led by
20-year-old left-hander Slim Jones, the Stars defeated the Chicago American Giants in an
exciting playoff series, four games to three, for the Negro National League pennant.
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(SPORTS—BASEBALL.) INDI-
ANAPOLIS CLOWNS—SYD POLLOCK.
Typed Letter Signed to Edward Scott.
Single page on Clowns letterhead, dated
December 22, 1954; creases where folded.
Tarrytown, New York, 1954
[500/750]
Syd Pollock, owner-manager of the famous
Indianapolis Clowns writes to scout Ed Scott
regarding Hank Aaron’s recommendation of
Corneil Jiles. A letter with excellent content.
Edward Scott (1917-2010) was the first
African-American talent-scout in the history of
Major League Baseball, and before that, a tal-
ent-spotter for the Negro leagues. It was Scott
who signed Hank Aaron, Baseball Hall of
Famer and future home run king, to Aaron’s
first professional contract for the Indianapolis
Clowns at $200 a month.
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