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A rare insider's perspective on baseball's great barnstorming age. The Indianapolis Clowns were a black touring baseball team that featured an entertaining mix of comedy, showmanship, and skill. Sometimes referred to as the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball-though many of the Globetrotters' routines were borrowed directly from the Clowns-they captured the affection of Americans of all ethnicities and classes. Alan Pollock's father, Syd, owned the Clowns, as well as a series of black barnstorming teams that crisscrossed the country from the late 1920s unt

Baseball team owners - United States. --- Baseball team owners -- United States -- Biography. --- Indianapolis Clowns (Baseball Team) - History. --- Indianapolis Clowns (Baseball Team) -- History. --- Negro leagues - History. --- Negro leagues -- History. --- Pollock, Syd.