The other seven players arrived a few minutes later so they were able to lunch and sleep before taking two of their exhausted team mates to play the second game.
[6] In September 1933, the New York Black Yankees played the Philadelphia Stars for the Colored Championship of the Nation at Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey.
They lost the championship, but not their momentum, opening the following season with an eight-game winning streak at Hinchliffe Stadium.
The streak-ending ninth game with the Pittsburgh Crawfords came on July 28, 1934, a face-off that saw Hall-of-Famers Josh Gibson, Judy Johnson, James "Cool Papa" Bell, and Oscar Charleston all play in regular-season tilt.
After an opening day doubleheader sweep of the Newark Eagles on May 25, 1948, the team did not fare well and finished the last Negro National League season with a record of 8-32.