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THE FORGOTTEN LEAGUES DIGITAL PRINT TEAM APPAREL
The 1912 Hilldale Giants
The Hilldale Giants were organized by
postal clerk Edward Bolden. Based in Darby, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia,
the club would later play in the first Colored World Series of 1924.
1912 Hilldale Giants
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The 1915 Hilldale Giants
The Hilldale Giants were organized by
postal clerk Edward Bolden, pictured in three-button suit and straw hat. Based in
Darby, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, the club would later play in the first
Colored World Series of 1924.
1915 Hilldale Giants
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1925 Hilldale Giants
The fellows out of Darby, Pennsylvania,
won the second Colored World Series, defeating the Kansas City Monarchs, reversing the
previous year's defeat. Giants from left to righ (front row) Clint Thomas, Rube
Currie, Paul CArter, Tom Allen, bat-boy, ? Lambert, Frank WArfield, Otto Briggs, Joe
Lewis, and Jake Stephens, (back row) Script Lee, Phil Cockrell, Biz Mackey, Nip Winters,
George Carr, Zip Campbell, manager Ed Bolden, Lewis Hampton, Wilbur Pritchett, Judy
Johnson, Red Ryan and Louis Santop. The Giants won 45 out of 58 games (.776).
Judy Johnson is Hilldale's Hall of Fame representative.
1925 Hilldale Giants Tee
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1929 Baltimore Black Sox
They were champions of the American
Negro League in the leagues only year of existence. Pictures
from left to right (front row) Rap Dixon, Jay Cooke, Domingo Gomez, Frank
Warfield, Jud
Wilson, Richard Lundy and Laymon Yokely; (back row) Eggie Clarke, Heavy Johnson, Scrip
Lee, Oliver Marcell, Jesse Hubbard, Red Ryan, Pete Washington and Bill Force. The Black Sox won 49 of 70 games (.700).
1929 Baltimore Black Sox
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The 1919 Detroit Stars
The best looking unifors in the black
leagues belong to the 1919 Detroit Stars. Managed by Tenny Blount ( in sweater), his
top player was Pete Hill, (fifth from the left)j. They played out of historic Mack
Park. The Stars were one of the original members of the Negro National League in
1920. They spotlighted one of the great home run hitters in baseball history, Norman
"Turkey" Stearnes. Another star was catcher Bruce Petway who twice threw
out Ty Cobb attempting to steal bases in a Cuban game.
1919 Detroit Stars
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1928 St. Louis Stars
The Stars defeated the Chicago American
Giants, five games to four to win the Negro National League pennant. Stars from left to right (front row) bat boy, John
Russell, Cool Papa Bell, Branch Russell, Richard Cannon, Roosevelt Davis, Wilson Redus and
Luther McDonald; (back row) manager Candy Jim Taylor, Clarence Palm, Ted Trent, Mule
Suttles, J. Williams, Henry Williams, and Dewey Creacy.
The Stars won 66 of 92 games (.717). Bell
is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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1948 Birmingham Black Barons
The Alabama bombers won the Negro
American League pennant by 10 games. They won 57 of 78 games (.731). The Black
Barons from left to right; Herman Bell, Pepper Bassett, Rev. Bill Greason, Joe Scott,
Roosevelt (bat boy), Jay Heard, Wiley Griggs, Piper Davis, Alonzo Perry, Jim Newberry, Jim
Zapp, Ed Steele, Johnny Britt, Artie Wilson, Pat Pollard, Willie Powell, and Willie Mays.
This was Mays' firstof three seasons with the Birmingham club.
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1945 Cleveland Buckeyes
Lead by manager Quincy Trouppe, they defeated
the powerful Homestead Grays in four straight to capture the Negro World Series. Buckeyes from left to right (back row) John Brown,
Johnny Cowan, Avelino Canizares, George Jefferson, Quincy Trouppe, Parnell Woods, owner
Ernie Wright, Willie Grace, business manager Wilbur Hayes; (front row) Earl Ashby, Buddy
Armour, Gene Bremer, Willie Jefferson, bat boy Ernie Wright, Jr., Frank Carswell and
Archie Ware. The Buckeyes won 53 of 69 games
(.768).
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1946 Newark Eagles
The soaring Eagles from left to right
(back row) Monte Irvin, Johnny Davis, Lennie Pearson, Len Hooker, Max Manning, Cecil Cole,
Rufus Lewis and Larry Doby; (middle row) Leon Ruffin, Warren Peace, Jimmy Wilkes, Cotton
Williams and bat boy; (front row) Benny Felder, Charlie Parks, Clarence Israel, Biz
Mackey, Bob Harvey and Leon Day. The Eagles won 47 of 63 games (.746) with future
Hall of Famers, Irvin and Doby in their lineup.
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1937 Homestead Grays
After a brief stint in the Dominican
Republic, Josh Gibson rejoined the Grays for the second half of the season. The
Grays from left to right (front row) Tommy Dukes, Jelly Jackson, Matt Carlisle, Roy
Welmaker, Lou Dula, Vic Harris, Arnold Waite and Jerry Benjamin; (back row) Buck Leonard,
unidentified, Josse Perez, unidentified, Tom Parker, Jim Williams, Josh Gibson, Ray Brown
and Edsall Walker. Gibson and Leonard are in the Hall of Fame.
1937 Homestead Grays
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1939 Homestead Grays
Winners of their third consecutive
pennant are from left to right (front row) Jerry Benjamin, Speck Roberts, Lou
Dula, Vic
Harris, Buck Leonard, Sam Bankhead and Jelly Jackson; (back row) Josh Gibson, Edsall
Walker, Dave Whatley, Roy Welmaker, Arnold Waite, Henry Spearman, Ray Brown, Jim Williams,
Rob Gaston and Roy Partlow. The Grays won 33
of 47 games (.702). Leonard and Gibson
represent the Grays in Cooperstown.
1939 Homestead Grays
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1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords
Often considered by some historians the
greatest team in blackball history. They would
defeat the New York Cubans to capture the Negro National League pennant. Crawfords from left to right are: (front row) Tim
Bond, Carl Howard, Bert Hunter, Sam Streeter, Harry Kincannon, and Rosey Davis; (middle
row) Cool Papa Bell, Sam Bankhead, Oscar Charleston, Clarence Palm, Jimmie Crutchfield,
Spoon Carter, and Cy Perkins; (back row) Jelly Taylor, Judy Johnson, Leroy Matlock, Roy
Kincannon, Josh Gibson and Hood Witton. The
Craws won 39 of 54 games (.722). Not pictured
is Satchel Paige, one of five future Hall of Famers on this team.
1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords Tee
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