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Eastern Colored League -Professional Baseball League, December 16, 1923

Attracted by the success of the NNL, white businessmen Nat Strong and Ed Bolden formed the ECL. Its teams included the Philadelphia Hilldales, Baltimore Black Sox, Brooklyn Royal Giants, Atlantic City Bacharach Giants, and the New York Lincoln Giants. The ECL folded in 1928.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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