Cincinnati Crescents
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The Cincinnati Crescents were an All-Star barnstorming
baseball team that played in the mid-1940s. The team later became the Seattle Steelheads
. The team was managed by W. S. Welch.
Players on the roster included Luke Easter, Johnny Markham, Al Saylor, Willie D. Smith, Jim Ford, John Hundley, Joe Spencer, Greene Farmer, John Smith, Ulysses Redd, Percy Howard, George Alexander, Joe Brooks, Lefty Napoleon, Fred Thomas, W.C. Duffy, Frank "Groundhog" Thompson, Everert Marcell, and Joe Wiley.
Barnstorming
Barnstorming was a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s in which stunt pilots would perform tricks with airplanes, either individually or in groups called a flying circus. Barnstorming was the first major form of civil aviation in the history of flight...
baseball team that played in the mid-1940s. The team later became the Seattle Steelheads
Seattle Steelheads
The Seattle Steelheads were a Negro League baseball team from Seattle, Washington.- Founding :The Steelheads played in the West Coast Negro Baseball League and played their first game on June 1, 1946, against the San Diego Tigers, in front of 2,500 fans at Sick's Stadium. The league folded after a...
. The team was managed by W. S. Welch.
Players on the roster included Luke Easter, Johnny Markham, Al Saylor, Willie D. Smith, Jim Ford, John Hundley, Joe Spencer, Greene Farmer, John Smith, Ulysses Redd, Percy Howard, George Alexander, Joe Brooks, Lefty Napoleon, Fred Thomas, W.C. Duffy, Frank "Groundhog" Thompson, Everert Marcell, and Joe Wiley.