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txranger · 05-08-2015, 12:31 PM

Inspired by the Ebbets Field Flannels 1938 Road Jersey and cap...

Texas Black Spiders

Like many barnstorming teams they were known by different names: The Mineola Black Spiders, The Ft. Worth Black Spiders, the Mason City Black Bats. In the golden age of black baseball, hitting the road and picking up games paid the bills and was often more important than a regular league schedule. The Black Spiders were seemingly everywhere between the 1920s and 1940s: Texas, Iowa, Mexico...Then they vanished into the mists of history, like so many traveling teams of the era.

05-08-2015, 12:31 PM	#5341
txranger Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: "Deep in the Heart Of" Posts: 8,356	Texas Black Spiders Inspired by the Ebbets Field Flannels 1938 Road Jersey and cap... Texas Black Spiders Like many barnstorming teams they were known by different names: The Mineola Black Spiders, The Ft. Worth Black Spiders, the Mason City Black Bats. In the golden age of black baseball, hitting the road and picking up games paid the bills and was often more important than a regular league schedule. The Black Spiders were seemingly everywhere between the 1920s and 1940s: Texas, Iowa, Mexico...Then they vanished into the mists of history, like so many traveling teams of the era. __________________ Last edited by txranger; 05-08-2015 at 08:04 PM.