Holway

“The people started booing,” Bell told John Holway, “and Diz went into the outfield for a while; he hated to just take himself out of the game.”

Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

Along with Edie Holway, Tom Patterson, and many others at the Shorenstein Center, these part-time colleagues and wise advisers have become enduring friends.

LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

John Holway, my northern Virginia neighbor, has spent much of his admirable life chronicling the Negro Leagues.

Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

John Holway, my northern Virginia neighbor, has spent much of his admirable life chronicling the Negro Leagues.

Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

“The people started booing,” Bell told John Holway, “and Diz went into the outfield for a while; he hated to just take himself out of the game.”

Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

“In an instant,” blackball historian John Holway writes, “players and fans were mixing it up on the field in what was called a ‘near race riot’ before police broke it up with billy clubs.”

Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

“The people started booing,” Bell told John Holway, “and Diz went into the outfield for a while; he hated to just take himself out of the game.”

Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

“In an instant,” blackball historian John Holway writes, “players and fans were mixing it up on the field in what was called a ‘near race riot’ before police broke it up with billy clubs.”

Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

John Holway, my northern Virginia neighbor, has spent much of his admirable life chronicling the Negro Leagues.

Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

“In an instant,” blackball historian John Holway writes, “players and fans were mixing it up on the field in what was called a ‘near race riot’ before police broke it up with billy clubs.”

Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010