Negro World Series
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The Negro World Series was a post-season baseball tournament that was held from 1924 to 1927 and from 1942 to 1948 between the champions of the Negro leagues, matching the mid-western winners against
Members of the Kansas City Monarchs (left) and the Hilldale Club (right) lined up at the first World Series held in 1924, with the Monarchs emerging as the series winner.
Homestead Grays
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The Homestead Grays were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro leagues in the United States.
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…A total of eleven Series were contested in its prime, which ultimately saw nine teams compete for a championship and seven who won at least one. The Homestead Grays were the winningest and most present team in the tournament, winning three times in five appearances, while Dave Malarcher and Candy Jim Taylor won the…
1931 Homestead Grays. Cumberland Posey Jr is standing at far left
Grays in 1947. From L to R: Dan Wilson, Luis Márquez, Matt "Lick" Carlisle, Sam Bankhead, Walter "Buck" Leonard