C and C Hotel Stars (1947)
The C and C Hotel Stars at Taylor Field in Pine Bluff, as appeared in the Arkansas State Press, July 26th, 1947.
The C and C Hotel Stars were a Negro League baseball team based in Little Rock in 1947. The team was formerly the Dubisson Tigers.
History
The Stars were sponsored by the C and C Hotel, located at 522 West 9th street in Little Rock.
Solly Drake, the first black Arkansan in the major leagues, played for the Stars at only age 16.
Players
Player | Birth | Death |
Lodie Atkins | ||
Benton | ||
Clarence Cole | ||
Lawrence Cole | ||
Solly Drake | 10/23/1930 in Little Rock, AR | |
Sam Hawkins | ||
Johnson | ||
Andrew Phillips | ||
Lee Phillips | ||
Charles Rouse | ||
Smith | ||
Chester Talton | ||
Threet | ||
Mose Turner | ||
Winfred "Polly" White |
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