1924 newspaper Baltimore BlackSox NEGRO LEAGUE Baseball

SEE PHOTO—– COMPLETE ORIGINAL newspaper, the Baltimore News (MD) dated Oct 11, 1924. Inside page heading and report on the Negro League baseball team from Baltimore, the baltimore Black Sox plaaing the Major League Philadelphia Americans. Very early Negro League baseball as they were one of the original six teams to make up the Eastern Colored League in <1923.

The Baltimore Black Sox were a professional baseball team based out of Baltimore, Maryland which played in the Negro Leagues. The Black Sox started as an independent team in 1916 by George Rossiter and Charles Spedden. They were one of the original six teams to make up the Eastern Colored League in 1923.

In 1929, the Black Sox boasted the “Million Dollar Infield” of Jud “Boojum” Wilson (first baseman), Frank Warfield (second baseman), Oliver “Ghost” Marchelle (third baseman) and Sir Richard Lundy (shortstop). The nickname was given to them by the media because of the prospective worth had they been white players. The Black Sox won over 70% of their games during the 1929 season and won the American Negro League Championship.

During their only season in the East-West League, the Black Sox won the the league championship.

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