MARCENIA "TONI" STONE ALBERGA | Putting the finishing touches on her game face is Mrs. Toni Stone. Stone spent one season with the Monarchs, 1954, as a second basewoman. When asked about her nickname, she replied in her high-pitched voice, "Toni was short for Tom Boy." With the swaggered walk of a bronco rider, Stone was the first woman to play in the Negro Leagues, in 1953, with the Indianapolis Clowns. She signed with the Monarchs for $400 a month. "They actually hired me as a drawing card and wanted me to wear shorts," said Toni. "I cussed the owner out and told him: 'No... I came to play ball.'" This was Stone's last year in the big leagues. (Courtesy of NoirTech Research, Inc.)

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