Commonwealth Giants Baseball Team

Before baseball's integration, all-black baseball teams were very much in vogue. Many companies allowed their balck employees to form baseball teams and play during their off hours. Lorenzo Dow Turner was able to combine his ability as a baseball player and his job as a waiter when he worked summers for the Fall River Steamship Line. He worked in the dining room of the Commonwealth, the largest passernger liner operating between New York and Fall River, Massachusetts.