Rockville's African American baseball team practiced on a field between North Washington Street and present-day Hungerford Drive and played around the county and in Washington, D.C. from the early 1900s through the 1950s before later moving to Lincoln Park. One of Rockville's most famous players was Clarence "Pint" Isreal. In 1923, his parents moved the family from Georgia to Lincoln Park in search of a better life. In 1933, Clarence signed with the semipro traveling team the Washington Royals, then played professionally in the Negro National League for the Homestead Grays and Newark Eagles, helping his teams win multiple Negro World Series championships. After his death in 1987, the City of Rockville named a park with a ball field in his honor.
