The Hilldale Club of Darby, Pennsylvania, was the dominant team in black baseball during the 1920s. Their success came about largely through the efforts of Hilldale president and manager Edward Bolden. Bolden's professionalism and reputation for fair play were instrumental in his forming the Eastern Colored (EC) League in 1922. This absorbing story, highlighted with vivid photographs, chronicles the origins and development of black baseball.
- ISBN13 9780815608653
- Publish Date 1 June 2007 (first published 29 September 1994)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Syracuse University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 298
- Language English