Cap Anson was a legendary baseball figure who was born and raised in Marshalltown.
At the age of 15, Cap played second base, with Henry Anson at third base, Adrian's brother Sturgis in center field, as the Marshalltown Stars won the Iowa state championship in 1868.
The Ansons won Central Association Championships in 1916 and 1917 before the league folded after the 1917 season.
[4] The Marshalltown Ansons were founding members of the Mississippi Valley League in 1922, joining the Cedar Rapids Bunnies, Dubuque Climbers, Ottumwa Cardinals, Rock Island Islanders and Waterloo Hawks in the new six-team league.
The Marshalltown Ansons folded after the 1928 season and were replaced by the Davenport Blue Sox in the 1929 Mississippi Valley League.