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

by Larry Lester

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 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--in the modern era.

This heavily illustrated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078649557X
• ISBN13: 9780786495573
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher