Robert W. Peterson (December 19, 1925 – February 11, 2006) was an American newspaper writer who later became a freelance author of magazine articles and books, especially on the topics of sports and Scouting. == Biography == Peterson was born in 1925 in Warren, Pennsylvania. He played baseball while attending Upsala College, and later was a writer and editor with the New York World-Telegram newspaper, which folded in 1966. Peterson's 1970 chronicle of Negro league baseball entitled Only the B…