As manager David "Gentleman Dave" Julius Malarcher (October 18, 1894 – May 11, 1982) was an American third baseman in Negro league baseball.
He played for the Indianapolis ABCs, Detroit Stars, and Chicago American Giants from 1916 to 1934.
[2] After the war, Malarcher went to work for Rube Foster, playing for the Detroit Stars, and then the Chicago American Giants.
League commissioner Rollo Wilson did not let the protest go through and the Stars won the game and pennant.
He later served as a member of Society for American Baseball Research, where he once wrote a tribute to Oscar Charleston.