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Baseball's First Colored World Series: The 1924 Meeting of the Hilldale Giants and Kansas City Monarchs

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Baseball's First Colored World Series: The 1924 Meeting of the Hilldale Giants and Kansas City Monarchs - Lester, Larry
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In 1924, after the Hilldale Giants captured the league crown in the new Eastern Colored League and the Kansas City Monarchs won out in the four-year-old Negro National League, the two teams met in what was to be a best-of-nine series for the world championship. But a 13-inning tie in Game 4 and alternating wins throughout would force a tenth and deciding game, making it the longest World Series--black or white--on record in the modern era. It was arguably the most dramatic, as well, as each team reeled off three wins in a ...

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Baseball's First Colored World Series: The 1924 Meeting of the Hilldale Giants and Kansas City Monarchs 2014, McFarland & Company, Jefferson

ISBN-13: 9780786495573

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