Madison Stars

The Madison Stars were a Negro baseball team sponsored by Theophilus Bond of Madison, AR in 1920.

History

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The Madison Stars were sponsored and managed by Theophilus Bond, a wealthy black farmer from Madison, AR and a high-ranking member of the Negro Knights of Pythias fraternal organization. In late July 1920, the Bond's Stars were brought to Little Rock, AR to be part of the entertainment presented during the Knights of the Pythias state convention.1 The Stars played the Vapor City Tigers of Hot Springs, AR and won a best-of-three series.

Schedule/Results

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Date	Location	Opponent	W-L	R	RA	Notes
7/?/1920		Pine Bluff Black Sox	L	2	3	2 3
7/?/1920		Pine Bluff Black Sox	L	4	5	4 5
7/?/1920		Pine Bluff Black Sox	L	4	6	6 7
7/?/1920		Pine Bluff Black Sox	L	2	3	8 9
7/27/1920	Kavanaugh Field, Little Rock, AR	Vapor City Tigers	W	2	0	10
7/28/1920	Kavanaugh Field, Little Rock, AR	Vapor City Tigers	L	2	5	11
7/29/1920	Kavanaugh Field, Little Rock, AR	Vapor City Tigers	T			12
7/30/1920	Kavanaugh Field, Little Rock, AR	Vapor City Tigers	W	4	1	13

Players

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Player	Birth	Death	Notes
Bemet/Bennett			14 15
Beon			16
Carter/Cuter			17 18
Coverton			19
Graves			20
Harris			21
Ishman			22
Nunnaly			23
String Bean Parker			24
Scott			25
Sharp			26
M. Williams			27