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	Willie Wells (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Willie Wells (August 10, 1905 - January 22, 1989) was a professional baseball player who played from 1924-48 for various teams in the Negro Leagues.
		But Wells, a shortstop, was at his finest with his glove, committing almost no errors and having the speed to run down anything that came in his direction.
		Wells himself slowed down late in his life and had to rely on Social Security and private welfare for his survival, while retired white players of far lesser accomplishments were comfortably retired.
	www.wikiverse.org /willie-wells (537 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: WELLS, WILLIE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Willie (Devil) Wells, baseball player in the Negro Leagues, was once called "the greatest living player not in the baseball Hall of Fame," though he was elected to the hall posthumously.
		Wells was a player-manager for the Chicago American Giants in the early 1930s and became famous as the player-manager of the Newark Eagles in the 1940s, at which time they were one of the very best fl teams.
		Wells was well known for his play in the California winter league, where a team of stars from the Negro Leagues competed.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/WW/fwe72.html (600 words)

	The Power of Words. Willie's Nightmare
		Willie was overwhelmed by the activity that swept over the station during the last days of 1993 and the first of 1994.
		Willie had taken over the lease of the station in 1970, when Exxon was still being called the Esso Oil Co. He had just lost his job as a mechanic for Arnold Garage in his hometown of West Warwick.
		Willie is convinced she was gone by the time the rescue squad took her from the house.
	www.projo.com /words/night.htm (6104 words)

	African American Registry: A baseball legend, Willie Wells!
		Wells was selected eight times for the East-West Classic, the Negro Leagues' all-star game, including the first game in 1933 and the 1945 game, in which he played second base for the East and Jackie Robinson, then of the Kansas City Monarchs, played shortstop for the West.
		Wells was a player-manager for the Chicago American Giants in the early 1930s and became renowned as the player-manager of the Newark Eagles in the 1940s, at which time they were one of the very best fl teams.
		Wells died of heart failure in Austin on January 22, 1989, his obituary was carried in the New York Times.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/1489/A_baseball_legend_Willie_Wells (490 words)

	Severn Records, Inc. • 877-923-2275
		Willie Smith was born in Helena, Arkansas in 1936.
		Willie was hooked on the blues and the attraction to the music persuaded him to stay in Chicago.
		Willie replaced Buford in the studio within a year and gigged with the band until 1960.
	www.severnrecords.com /jellyroll.html (770 words)

	William Augustus Wilkinson Diary Page
		Willie and Dud and Jim S. pulled and hauled corn all day and got wet in eve and Dud drove the wagon to schoolhouse for Elma and children at 4 1/2.
		Willie and Minnie and Carmel and Marion went to SS in eve and Bros Ellis and Harrel came out and preached in eve and again at night and both went back to town.
		Willie and Dud pulled and hauled corn till 3 in eve and got nearly wet and Dud drove wagon to schoolhouse for Elma and children at 3 1/2 in eve.
	www.wilkinsons.com /Diary/SEP1915.HTM (1672 words)

	Blackbaseball.com :: Negro Baseball Leagues :: Willie Wells
		Willie Wells was one of the top shortstops of all time, fl or white.
		Wells began the new decade in Mexico, where the master shortstop became affectionately known as "El Diablo." Records there show batting averages of.345 and.347 in 1940 and 1941, while playing with Veracruz.
		Wells stayed in Mexico for two more years before he again returned to the U.S., and although past his prime, the "Devil" still retained enough magic in his bat to hit for averages of.320 and.297 in 1945-46.
	www.blackbaseball.com /players/williewells.htm (734 words)

	5 Oct 2004 - Willie Wells Cemetary rededication
		Wells died in 1989 and was interred at another Austin cemetery until last weekend.
		Wells was known for his fielding and powerful hitting, which led to opposing pitchers attempting to bean him.
		Wells' resting place is not far from the grave of Congresswoman Barbara Jordan and the graves of Confederate Civil War generals.
	www.nlbpa.com /5oct2004.html (504 words)

	EricEnders.com - Willie Wells
		Wells— a shortstop who starred from 1924-48 with the St. Louis Stars, Chicago American Giants and other Negro League teams— was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., last August.
		Wells’ daughter, Stella Wells, said she was overwhelmed by the ceremonies honoring her father.
		Wells began playing baseball on the sandlots of Austin and was signed as a teenager by the St. Louis Stars in 1924.
	www.ericenders.com /wellstexan.htm (1097 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Features: El Diablo
		Wells was also an innovator, pioneering the use of batting helmets, and training Jackie Robinson to play second base as he prepared to break baseball's color line.
		Wells was such a fearsome presence at the plate that opposing pitchers regularly threw at his head, believing they could rattle the 5-foot-7, 162-pound shortstop.
		Willie Wells' journey was long and perilous, but at the end of it, he found peace.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2003-07-04/xtra_feature.html (2166 words)

	African American Registry: From the sandlots to the big leagues, Willie Wells!
		Wells was one of the top shortstops of all time, Black or White.
		Wells stayed in Mexico for two more years before he again returned to the U. S., and although past his prime, the "Devil" still retained enough magic in his bat to hit for averages of.320 and.297 in 1945-46.
		In the early '50s, Wells was playing manager with the Winnipeg Buffaloes, spending most of his final years in baseball in that country.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/2215/From_the_sandlots_to_the_big_leagues_Willie_Wells (533 words)

	Junior Wells
		Wells was admitted to the hospital for fainting spells and immediately lapsed into a coma and later died.
		Wells was laid out at a 71st Street funeral home dressed in a royal blue suit and wide-brimmed hat.
		He played with rock artists like Van Morrison and the Rolling Stones as well as rap artists like Arrested Development, and was one of the last greats of the generation who popularized the genre.
	www.centerstage.net /music/whoswho/JuniorWells.html (334 words)

	Taphophilia (dot) Com - Black baseball great Wells interred at state cemetery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wells was known for his fielding and powerful hitting - which led to opposing pitchers often attempting to bean him.
		Wells is credited with being a pioneer in the use of a batting helmet.
		Wells' resting place is not far from the grave of the late Congresswoman Barbara Jordan and the graves of Confederate Civil War generals.
	www.taphophilia.com /modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=1926 (503 words)

	Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
		In a move to a place more worthy of his big-league talent, the body of former Negro Leagues baseball star Willie Wells now rests in the Texas State Cemetery, where the Austin-born ballplayer known as the first power-hitting shortstop was honored in a ceremony Tuesday.
		Wells is now the only athlete and one of a small number of people of color to be buried among Texas luminaries such as Stephen F. Austin, cemetery officials said.
		To protect himself, Wells removed the headlamp from an old mining helmet and wore the helmet to the plate.
	www.nlbm.com /ns/NewsDetail.cfm?NewsID=84 (720 words)

	Negro Leaguer of the Month/Pitch Black Negro League site
		Willie was no less than the greatest Negro League shortstop of the 1930s and 1940s, and, according to some players, the best player period.
		Following the 1929 season, Wells showed the baseball world what brand of ball was being played in the Negro Leagues when he "stole" a series of games against a Major League all-star team featuring Hall of Famers Heinie Manush, Harry Heilmann and Charlie Gehringer (7 batting titles between them).
		Willie could still hit, but he was nearing 50 and caught many games.
	www.pitchblackbaseball.com /nlotmwilliewells.html (418 words)

	Willie Martin on Trial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Willie Martin is a member of this cult who floods newsgroups and bulletin boards with an endless stream of hate against Jews and non-whites.
		Wells was a great science fiction writer, a socialist, an atheist, and had a biology degree.
		Willie Martin is the victim of a cult that feeds on the anger and frustrations of others.
	www.sullivan-county.com /identity/index.htm (4926 words)

	Junior Wells (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He was along with James Cotton the last of a generation that grew out of Chicago in the late 40's and early 50's, when the blues scene featured such notables as John Lee Williamson and Rice Miller, Little Walter and Walter Horton.
		Wells was already a veteran at that point, having begun performing at age 14 with Tampa Red, Big Maceo and Johnnie Jones in Southside Chicago clubs.
		Wells worked in the Waters band well into the late 50's before going out on his own and developing his own sound.
	www.island.net /~blues/junior.html (430 words)

	S-Z Death Notices
		WILLIE BRENTS (041631) died Tues., age 68/ buried at Blue Mt./ children are Bernie (Okla.), David and Marvin (Memphis), Mrs.
		WELLS, LELAND (021336) died Tues., age 37/ buried at Ebenezer/ wife nee Jessie Medlin/ was son of J.H. Wells/ bro.
		WELLS, REV. WILSON (031925) died March 6 at home of his son, Dr. Sam Wells, at Alligator, Miss./ buried at Pleasant Ridge/ son of late Rev. Joe Wells/ married Kate Owen 50 years ago/ she dead 2-3 years/ leaves 2 sons, 4 daughters.
	www.rootsweb.com /~mstippah/DeathNotices4.htm (15130 words)

	Seymour Funeral Home - Memorial of Willie Ralph Wells (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Willie Ralph Wells, 63, of 4338 U.S. 13 Hwy.
		Wells was a retired farmer and poultry grower.
		Wells is survived by his wife, Betsy Holland Wells; his daughters, Marie Wells Cuddington and husband, William H. Cuddington, Jr.
	www.seymourfuneralhome.com /obits/wellswillieralph.htm (139 words)

	Willie & The Lapdog: Scenes One through Three - A Play by Duncan Wells (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Willie is a lonely man, a grave digger and in his mid sixties.
		Willie: Well, it ain't the only one outside the city but it's the best, so, I guess that's what he prob'ly meant.
		Willie: Yeah, well ya should be givin' me a couple 'a dollars on the side too.
	www.fortunecity.com /tinpan/chorus/906/willie/one.html (2860 words)

	Lightnin' Wells - Online Press Kit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Rural Members Association (RMA), was founded in 1981 by Willie and some of his friends.
		The purpose of the RMA is to provide a vehicle for area residents to develop self-help and cooperative projects geared toward alleviating the burdens of poverty and unemployment.
		RMA President Willie King and other members are accomplished musicians who have taught and performed all over the South for little or no monetary compensation.
	www.musicmaker.org /onlinepresskit/williekingpresskit.html (383 words)

	Blues To Do's-Achived Feature Stories
		The terrific thing about Junior Wells is that he's an unqualified bluesman, stylistically a direct descendant of the Chicago greats and personally an eccentric whose unpredictable singing and harp playing distinguish him from everyone else alive.
		The judge who heard his case was so impressed with Wells' story that he just wanted to make music that he paid for the instrument himself and set Wells free on the condition that, if he ever made a record, he send one to him.
		EDITORS NOTE: Wells' next release will be recorded in April, with bass, drums and 5 or 6 of the finest slide players available.
	www.bluestodo.com /archives/1996/juniorwells.html (347 words)

	The Negro Leagues: Gone But Not Forgotten-BlackAthlete.com
		Willie Wells was a clutch hitter and an extraordinary fielder called the "Shakespeare of Shortstops.”; His glove was known for a hole in its middle, which Wells claimed, made his fielding easier.
		Born on October 10, 1905 in Austin, Texas, Wells was a talented shortstop who was discovered on the Texas sandlots in 1925 and joined the St. Louis Stars of the first Negro National League.
		Wells also served as a player-manager for the Chicago American Giants in the early 1930s and became renowned as the player-manager of the Newark Eagles in the 1940s.
	www.blackathlete.com /Baseball/040504.shtml (754 words)

	The Southerner \| Linton Weeks
		When Halberstam's book was near the top of the bestseller list, he received a phone call one day from a man who said he had written a diet guide that was also very high on the list.
		The morning after Willie died, Dean and her husband, Larry Wells, were sitting at their kitchen table, grieving over the loss of their longtime friend and turning to Willie's writing and other literature for solace.
		As for Willie, he climbed up on a table and announced to the world that he was by-God marrying the book's editor, JoAnne Prichard.
	www.southerner.net /v1n3_99/lintonweeks.html (1342 words)

	Blues Access: Essential Chicago Blues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wells, Sammy Lawhorn, Walter Horton, Jimmy Rogers, Pat Hare, Francis Clay, to name a few.
		His '70s discs produced by Johnny Winter are also well worth listening to, but for pure feral mojo, nothing compares to what he did for Chess in the '50s and early '60s.
		Not content to be merely the greatest songwriter in the history of the blues (and, by extension, rock'n'roll), Willie was also an outstanding bassist, arranger and producer.
	www.bluesaccess.com /essential/chicago.html (366 words)

	In the Days of the Comet by H.G. Wells: Chapter 9
		I suppose we'll still have paying and charging, however we manage it, but it won't be the worry it has been--that I feel sure.
		"Willie," she cried with a sudden directness, with her eyes appealing to me, "I didn't mean to treat you badly--indeed I didn't.
		And besides, Willie, I was afraid of you.
	www.online-literature.com /wellshg/days_comet/9 (5763 words)

	Willie Murphy & The Angel Headed Hipsters Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Accompanying her was Murphy’s band, Willie and the Bees, along with Chicago Blues legends Junior Wells and A.C. Reed.
		Willie and the Bees also shared the stage with R&B luminaries Wilson Pickett, Muddy Waters, James Brown, WAR, John Lee Hooker, the Neville Brothers, Etta James, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and backed the likes of Dr. John and countless others.
		Willie Murphy was named as one of the three charter members of the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame, along with Bob Dylan and Prince.
	www.mnblues.com /profile/williemurphy2000.html (386 words)

	Willie Wells
		That's what I was, declared Willie Wells shortly before his death in 1989.
		This remarkable feat was accomplished despite the fact that Wells had played nine of his finest seasons before the inaugural All-Star Game in 1933.
		During the early 1940s Wells spent four seasons playing in Mexico where his legendary fielding skills prompted frustrated hitters to dub his El Diablo (The Devil).
	www.negroleaguebaseball.com /players/Wells.html (322 words)

	Re: Clovis and Willie Mae Thompson Alewine
		Willie Mae moved here to San Antonio, TX to live with my grandmother Virginia Hughston, she passed away in 1997.
		My mothers name is Sue Hughston Wells and she is the Granddaughter of Clovis and Willie Mae.
		Willie Mae loved to knit and thats pretty much all I know about her.
	genforum.genealogy.com /alewine/messages/238.html (96 words)

	Negro League Baseball Message Board
		willie wells, posted by gamiy on 2/17/2004 4:56:58 PM willie wells batted with his right hand and threw with the same hand.he weights 170 lb.
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	www.nlbpa.com /message_view.asp?imsg=417 (116 words)

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