International Association for Professional Base Ball Players

The Association's by-laws and constitution required member teams to pay $10 to join the league (plus an additional $15 to compete for the championship) and fan admission was set at 25 cents.

Pitcher Candy Cummings was the first president of the International Association, while also a player for the Lynn Live Oaks of Massachusetts in 1877.

Bud Fowler, the first known African-American player in organized baseball, pitched for the Lynn club in 1878.

At the same time, the London Tecumsehs dropped out of the league, causing it to be renamed the National Base Ball Association entering the 1879 season.

Donovan went on to an outstanding career in Major League Baseball, even playing a significant role in scouting Babe Ruth.