Game accounts for two sets of interracial contests are included here for 1934.
First, Dizzy and Paul Dean, fresh off of a combined 49 regular-season wins and a World Series championship, barnstormed through the East and Midwest. They did not necessarily have a complete barnstorming "team", often hooking up with local teams for these competitions, such as the Brooklyn Bushwicks (BKB) and Chicago Mills (CHM). For other games, they are simply referred to here as the Dizzy Dean All Stars (ASD). Their competition mostly consisted of existing Negro League teams, including the Kansas City Monarchs (KCM), Pittsburgh Crawfords (PTC), and New York Black Yankees (NY5). In at least one game, however, their opposition was a mix of Negro League stars (NNS). We are aware of at least six games played between a white team headlined by the Dean brothers and a Negro League team. We have found box scores for four of these games.
The other set of interracial games here were played as part of the California Winter League. A Negro League All-Star team organized by Tom Wilson, owner of the Nashville Elite Giants, participated in this league. This team was alternately referred to in the press as either the "Royal Giants" - a reference to the Philadelphia Royal Giants, a long-time Negro League barnstorming team with no known connection to Philadelphia - or the "Elite Giants", in reference to Wilson's Nashville Elite Giants. This team is referred to here as the Philadelphia Royal Giants (PRG) as their roster differed considerably from the regular-season roster of the Nashville Elite Giants (NSH). Their white opponents in the California Winter League included Joe Pirrone's All Stars (PIR) and the White Kings (WHK).
In addition to these two sets of games, the Baltimore Black Sox also played a team that was touted as "All Stars" in the local press. These games were not included here as the overall quality of the teams was not necessarily "major league".
October 12, 1934 at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO Exhibition game Kansas City Monarchs 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 - 7 14 1 Dizzy Dean All Stars(D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 3 WP: Andy Cooper, LP: Paul Dean Retrosheet game file October 13, 1934 at White Sox Park, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Pirrone All Stars(P) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 - 5 10 1 Philadelphia Royal Giants 3 0 0 3 0 3 5 0 x - 14 18 0 WP: Spoon Carter, LP: Hank McDonald Retrosheet game file October 14, 1934 at Mills Stadium, Chicago IL Exhibition game Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 2 Chicago Mills 0 3 3 2 0 0 4 0 x - 12 14 5 WP: Dizzy Dean, LP: Chet Brewer Retrosheet game file October 14, 1934 at White Sox Park, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Pirrone All Stars(P) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 2 4 4 Philadelphia Royal Giants 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 x - 7 8 0 WP: Andy Porter, LP: Larry French Retrosheet game file October 14, 1934 at White Sox Park, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Pirrone All Stars(P) 4 0 1 1 0 - 6 4 0 Philadelphia Royal Giants 0 0 0 1 2 - 3 6 3 WP: Lou Garland, LP: Jim Willis Retrosheet game file October 17, 1934 at Dexter Park, Brooklyn NY Exhibition game New York Black Yankees 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 - 6 8 0 Brooklyn Bushwicks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 2 WP: Neck Stanley, LP: Dizzy Dean Retrosheet game file October 20, 1934 at White Sox Park, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game White Kings 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 3 1 Philadelphia Royal Giants 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 x - 4 7 0 WP: Spoon Carter, LP: Win Ballou Retrosheet game file October 21, 1934 at White Sox Park, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game White Kings 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 7 15 2 Philadelphia Royal Giants 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 6 13 3 WP: Sloppy Thurston, LP: Jim Willis Retrosheet game file October 21, 1934 at White Sox Park, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game White Kings 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 Philadelphia Royal Giants 0 0 1 2 x - 3 7 0 WP: Andy Porter, LP: George Buchanan Retrosheet game file October 23, 1934 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh PA Exhibition game Dizzy Dean All Stars(D) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 0 Negro League All Stars 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 x - 4 10 1 WP: Bert Hunter, LP: Joseph Semler Retrosheet game file October 27, 1934 at White Sox Park, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Pirrone All Stars(P) 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 - 8 11 2 Philadelphia Royal Giants 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 x - 9 14 0 WP: Spoon Carter, LP: Lee Stine Retrosheet game file October 28, 1934 at White Sox Park, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Pirrone All Stars(P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 - 4 8 1 Philadelphia Royal Giants 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 x - 6 8 1 WP: Andy Porter, LP: Lou Garland Retrosheet game file October 28, 1934 at White Sox Park, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Pirrone All Stars(P) 1 0 0 3 0 - 4 9 1 Philadelphia Royal Giants 0 2 4 4 x - 10 14 1 WP: Jim Willis, LP: Lee Stine Retrosheet game file November 4, 1934 at White Sox Park, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game White Kings 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 7 2 Philadelphia Royal Giants 2 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 x - 13 17 2 WP: Andy Porter, LP: Sloppy Thurston Retrosheet game file
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