Thanks for posting Tx! I believe this is one of the articles I read as well. Teams and stories like these, is the biggest reason for my love of baseball. The history behind these type of teams is mind blowing. Here is another team- The Buxton Wonders and a little background of them that I found in Wikipedia.
The
Buxton Wonders was a small club of black
baseball players formed in
Buxton, Iowa running from approximately 1900 to 1911.
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The town of Buxton, Iowa was a
company town founded by the
Consolidation Coal Company in 1900. It remained a productive coal mining town until at least 1919. During many of those years, the company and town were host to the Buxton Wonders, and the team also toured much of Iowa and the surrounding states.
In 1909, The Buxton Wonders won one game and lost one game in Buxton, Iowa against the
Chicago Union Giants, facing pitchers, "the Lyons brothers"
Jimmie Lyons and Bennie Lyons.
[2] The Wonders were one of few teams to beat the
Chicago Union Giants that year, where the team won 46 out of 56 games played.
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