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[Roland 49]

Susini and Le Blanc, the great tragedy, in 1922 in a game between the Cuba and Central teams of the Sugar League, due to a bad decision by the umpire, there was a great discussion and pitcher Le Blanc, after having retired, returned again screaming and offending and Susini who had the bat in his hands, with all his strength he hit Le Blanc's skull and after a few minutes he died, Susine was sentenced to 12 years in prison, and his entire promising career in baseball was null and void. For the Cubans Stars in exhibitions in the United States, now I show a photo that I edit of the Cienfuegos amateur team from 1912, you see Le Blanc sitting, but the most interesting thing is that the one seen below is Cristobal Torriente amateurs.

[Roland 49]

Now I show a pennant from the Cuban team of the Federation championship in La Tropical, that team was directed by Napoleón Reyes.

[Roland 49]

Now I show the cover of a notebook with a musical score of in Danzón (Cuban musical genre) that was composed for Adolfo Luque, of his triumphant return from the Mlb, when he had the record of games won

[GeoPoto]

Originally Posted by Roland 49

Now I show the cover of a notebook with a musical score of in Danzón (Cuban musical genre) that was composed for Adolfo Luque

Adolpho D. "Dolf" Luque. Pitcher for four MLB teams betwen 1914-1935. 194 wins and 29 saves in 20 MLB seasons. 2-time World Series champion -- 1919 (Cincinnati) and 1933 (New York Giants). MLB wins leader in 1923. 2-time MLB ERA leader. Member of the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame. Member of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame and one of Cuban baseball's most famous figures.

From Luque's SABR biography: Yet despite this . . . surprisingly early trickle of Cuban players northward, there was but a single Cubano who garnered even moderate attention in the US leagues during pro baseball’s initial three-quarters of a century. Racial barriers had almost everything to do with this, of course. The grandest of the early Cuban hurling and slugging phenoms were simply too black in skin pigment ever to penetrate America’s exclusively white-toned national sport during the race-driven eras of Adrian “Cap” Anson and Kenesaw Mountain Landis.

Thus just one lonely pioneer – Adolfo Luque (LOO-kay), a fireplug right-hander who debuted with Boston’s National Leaguers in 1914 and was already a veteran mound-corps mainstay with the Cincinnati club when the infamous 1919 Black Sox World Series rolled around – was left to carry the Cuban big-league banner throughout the half-century preceding World War II. Perhaps more embarrassing for Cuban baseball than the mere isolation of Luque’s big-league career was the persistent flavor of his negative image in Chicago, Boston, New York, St. Louis, and all points north. Unfortunately, this light-skinned if dark-tempered Cuban idol maintained a lasting reputation with big-league fans and ballpark scribes alike that was never quite as “fair and balanced” as most Cuban fans would have wished for back home.

Adolfo Luque today, of course, holds a rare place in Cuban baseball lore – the only Caribbean islander to earn even a modicum of big-league fame during the first half-century of modern major-league history. Between Nap Lajoie and Jackie Robinson, the few dozen Cubans who worked their way north were either brief curiosities in Organized Baseball (journeyman “coffee-tasters” like receiver Miguel Angel “Mike” González with the National League Boston and St. Louis outfits, and erratic outfielder Armando Marsans with Cincinnati) or else passing shadows who barely tasted the proverbial cup of big-league coffee (altogether forgettable names like Rafael Almeida, Angel Aragón, José Acosta, and Oscar Tuero). Numerous others – including some of the most famous and talented back home in Havana (Martin Dihigo, Cristóbal Torriente, and José Méndez head the list) – toured with black barnstorming outfits that rarely, if ever, passed before the eyes of the white baseball press.

By sharp contrast, Luque was something altogether special. His big-league credentials would by career’s end nearly approximate the numbers posted by many of his contemporaries destined for Cooperstown enshrinement once the game decided to formalize its history with a sacred hall of immortals. Twice (with the Reds in 1919 and the Giants in 1933) he experienced the pinnacle of World Series victory. As a near-200-game winner, he blazed trails that no other Latin ballplayer would approximate for decades. And back in Cuba he generated a feverish following for the big-league game and in the process carved out as well a lasting loyalty for “our beloved Reds” (“nuestros queridos rojos”) among baseball-crazy Habaneros. Yet, for all that, his career was destined to be cursed by the fate that eventually became a personal calling card for nearly all early Latin American ballplayers blessed with appropriate talent and skin tone to make their way to the baseball big-time. Among North American fans and writers Dolf Luque would always remain a familiar stereotype – a cartoon figure rather than a genuine baseball hero. At least this was the case at all stops north of Key West or Miami.

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[Roland 49]

George, very good your publication of Adolfo Luque, keep doing it, now I show rare cards from La Mallorquina, Luque, Levis and Rosell.

[Roland 49]

Now I show the most difficult card of Caramelos Felices 1945-46, # 73 of Napoleón Reyes, this copy will see that it does not have signs Above the photo, but there are several signs example: 1-WITHOUT PREMIUM, 2- ONLY TO COLLECT WITHOUT PREMIUM, 3-EL DEL PREMIUM WITH THE SIGNATURE OF THE MANAGER and the date in a quadrangular shape. There are also ads in dark blue and others in black, all are a rarity.

[Roland 49]

Martin Dihigo and Eufemio Abreu enjoying the music of Sirique's Trova, in the photo they were all baseball players.

[Roland 49]

Photo of a game between Almendares and Habana in the Great Stadium of Havana in the 50s, you can see the cameraman who acted behind the homeplate

[Roland 49]

Washington, in the photo we see Conrado Marrero laughing, Fermin Guerra, Sandalio Consuegra, Jiqui Moreno and others.

[Roland 49]

I show a rare card from Martin Dihigo, # 48 from the Campo Alegre collection.

[GeoPoto]

Julio Moreno González was a Cuban-born right-handed pitcher in North American professional baseball. Nicknamed "Jiquí" (after a hardwood tree) and "the Cuban Bob Feller" for his blazing fastball, Moreno was a star in Cuban amateur baseball circles before he turned professional in 1947 and his mound career would extend into 1966, when he was 45 years of age. 18 wins and 2 saves in 4 MLB seasons. Moreno appeared in 73 games for the Washington Senators from 1950–1953.

From Moreno's SABR biography: “Jiquí” Moreno was not big (5’8” and 165 pounds) — but he threw hard. How hard is jiquí wood? In Cuba, Moreno’s native land, linemen could not sink their spurs into telephone poles made from this tree — they had to use ladders. Brick stair steps wore down, yet their jiquí binding was simply polished. That’s how tough this pitcher was in his heyday at home.

Author Roberto González Echevarría, who has also written extensively on Cuban ball, further set the scene for Moreno’s early career.

“A significant development in the thirties and forties was the emergence of players, mostly pitchers, from the provinces. . .white guajiros — country bumpkins.” He added that “the rural aristocracy of the Amateur League. . .fed on the nationalism of the period.” The foremost of these “revered amateurs and later professionals” was Conrado Marrero, El Guajiro del Laberinto, but Moreno was a distinguished runner-up. The pair met in some renowned duels as amateurs. They would later pitch together in the U.S. with the Senators, as did Sandalio “Potrerillo” Consuegra (known as “Sandy” in the U.S.) and Rogelio “Limonar” Martínez. In their amateur days, all four “often appeared in magazines, sometimes even on the covers.” One such picture of Moreno shows him with the pencil mustache he then sported, as did many Hollywood stars of the time.

According to a capsule biography on the Círculo Güinero de Los Ángeles website, young Moreno started to play baseball in Güines with a team known as Estrellas de Pancho (Pancho’s Stars). He started to attract wider attention in 1938. In his obituary of Moreno, Fausto Miranda told the story of how he first saw the pitcher. Julio, then just 17, was facing a visiting team called Películas Cubanas (Cuban Movies), organized by two famous comedians and baseball enthusiasts named Alberto Garrido and Federico Piñero. The smiling youth was very fast. . .and very wild. After watching a batter hit the deck, Garrido said, “Careful, that skinny boy’s going to kill someone here today!” Miranda said, “We all came back to Havana talking about the terrifying speed of this kid who barely weighed 135 pounds.”

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[GeoPoto]

Originally Posted by Roland 49

the Cuban team of the Federation championship in La Tropical, that team was directed by Napoleón Reyes.

Napoleón A. "Nap" Reyes. Third baseman/first baseman with the New York Giants in 1943-45 and 1950. 264 hits and 13 home runs in 4 MLB seasons.

Reyes is also a member of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame and the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame.

In 1946, he was among the players seduced by Jorge Pasquel to jump to the Mexican League. For that, he was blacklisted by MLB. He would eventually return to the New York Giants in 1950, but would only get a single plate appearance.

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[Roland 49]

George, you always publish something interesting, with the N. Reyes, Acebo card, now I show you the two Napoleon Reyes cards that were printed in the collection, thank you and keep publishing George.