Eastern Colored League

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The Eastern Colored League was a prominent early 20th-century professional Negro league baseball organization that rivaled the Negro National League in organizing top-level Black baseball teams in the eastern United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Negro league baseball league
defunct baseball league
alsoKnownAs ECL
Eastern Colored League
surface form: Eastern League of Colored Baseball Clubs
championshipSeriesWith Negro National League
competition Colored World Series
country United States of America
surface form: United States
demographicFocus African-American athletes
dissolved 1928
era early 20th century
followedBy American Negro League
foundedBy Ed Bolden
Nat Strong
governingBodyRole organized championships
scheduled league games
set league rules
hasNotableTeamSuccess Hilldale Club championships
hasTeam Bacharach Giants
Baltimore Black Sox
Brooklyn Royal Giants
Harrisburg Giants
Hilldale Club
Lincoln Giants
New York Cuban Stars
headquartersLocation Eastern United States
historicalSignificance helped formalize top-level Black professional baseball in the East
inception 1923
languageOfWorkOrName English
leagueLevel major Negro league
notableManagerInLeague Ed Bolden
Frank Warfield
notablePlayerInLeague Biz Mackey
Judy Johnson
Louis Santop
Oscar Charleston
operatedDuring Jim Crow laws
surface form: Jim Crow era
organizedFor African-American professional baseball teams
participatedIn Colored World Series
surface form: Colored World Series 1924

Colored World Series
surface form: Colored World Series 1925

Colored World Series
surface form: Colored World Series 1926

Colored World Series
surface form: Colored World Series 1927
precededBy independent Black baseball clubs in the East
reasonForDissolution financial difficulties
organizational instability
regionServed Eastern United States
rival Negro National League
sport baseball
typeOfOrganization professional sports league

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Description of subject: The Eastern Colored League was a prominent early 20th-century professional Negro league baseball organization that rivaled the Negro National League in organizing top-level Black baseball teams in the eastern United States.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Negro National League inspired Eastern Colored League
Eastern Colored League alsoKnownAs Eastern Colored League
this entity surface form: Eastern League of Colored Baseball Clubs
Negro Leagues hasPart Eastern Colored League
Philadelphia Stars league Eastern Colored League
Philadelphia Stars playedIn Eastern Colored League