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Crowd Seen ForClowns' Battle1*iIJIii1With a guri aecoodac added atuacuuc it# pcrrorn- ■) aily-poyu Lar Indian* pulu Clowns will tattle tta Memphis Red So* I j Us a Negro American Leaguajj baseball game at Kentucky Parktonight at I o'clockThe Clown* drew more than 1QOQ Ian* here two yean ago and a «nuiar ero*d u anticipated tonight for the first lfUappearence of the outstanding colored team* in Hopkinsville.Tool Stone, the Ithd:*n«poUs second baseman, is claimed to be the furst woman ever to play pro-ftssional baseball While the clum is disputed, the Clowns' infielder is the first gtr! ever to play regularly in her leagueThe girl star has been with the Clowns all season and before that ■ played semi-pro baseball for seve-1 ral years with the New OrleansCreoles and other well-known teams. She was signed at a salary of $12,000 a year and Syd Pollock, owner of the Indianapolis Clowns musts this is not a publicity stunt She wCQ be the regular f second baseman for the Clowns this season,-' Pollock said after signing ToniIn addition to Toni the Clowns also have the famous King Tut, one' of baseball's greatest comedians. King Tut and other members of the Clowns put on s fun show before the game. Toni Stone was signed by the Clowns on recommendation of the late Gabby Street, who was so well known to radio listeners in this area and who got his baseball start in Hopkinsville.The Chicago American last week said that the Clowns and the Kansas City Monarch* drew a huge crowd at their recent game in Chicago and in three games at Kansas City the two teams played to more than 25,000 spectators.Almost daily the Clowns, t-tim# champions of the Negro American League, are proving that they are to baseball what the Harlem Globetrotters have been to basketball—the greatest drawing card and attraction touring the country.
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Kentucky New Era
Hopkinsville, Kentucky, US
Tue, Jun 09, 1953
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