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INDIANAPOLIS CLOWNS EST. 1942 NEGRO LEAGUE
THE CLOWNS WERE A TEAM LIKE THE GLOBETROTTERS ONLY PLAYING BASEBALL.
THE CLOWNS ALWAYS PLEASED THE CROWDS THAT CAME TO WATCH THEIR SHOWS. TRICK PLAYS, THE PLAYERS EXHIBITED UNUSAL BASERUNNING, BATTING, AND THROWING TECHNIQUES, ONE POPULAR CLOWNS ROUTINE, CALLED SHADOW BALL,THE PLAYERS PERFORMED ALL THROWING,BATTING,AND FIELDING ACTIONS IN SLOW MOTION.
INDIANAPOLIS CLOWNS
THE CLOWNS FEATURED AN ARRAY OF PROFESSIONAL FUNNYMEN LIKE KING TUT AND GOOSE TATUM WHO PERFORMED ENTERTAINING ANTICS BEFORE THE GAME. THE CLOWNS DISPLAYED A SERIOUS SIDE IN 1952 WHEN THEY SIGN A YOUNG BALLPLAYER BY THE NAME OF HENRY "HANK" AARON.
THE UNWRITTEN RULE
An unwritten rule barred blacks from participating in white organized baseball. In response to this exclusion, black baseball players formed their own teams and played each other until 1920, when Andrew "Rube" Foster, a former black baseball player himself, organized the first Negro National League.
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