The Color Line in Kansas Baseball and the “Champion Stars” of Fort Scott, 1874–1878, Revised

Authors

Mark E. Eberle, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow

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DOI

10.58809/MPIH5047

Date

2025

Abstract

Fort Scott was represented by the second baseball team in Kansas to join the National Association of Base-Ball Players in 1866. The city was also the site of the state’s first known baseball games between segregated teams of Black and white players. In 1874 and 1877, a Black baseball team named the Star Base Ball Club claimed the informal city championship of Fort Scott. This essay describes the first games between Black and white teams in Kansas, the early history of baseball in Fort Scott, and the history of the Star Base Ball Club during the 1870s. This essay was originally published in 2019 and has undergone revisions and corrections for its release in 2025 as part of the five-volume anthology Peeking through the Knothole. The open-access, digital version of this essay is available through the “Download” button on this webpage. The print-on-demand version is available through the “Buy this Book” button for volume three of the anthology (Essays on Crossing Baseball’s Color Line, 1874–1946).

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Originally Published 2019

Revised Edition 2025

Recommended Citation

Eberle, Mark E., "The Color Line in Kansas Baseball and the “Champion Stars” of Fort Scott, 1874–1878, Revised" (2025). Monographs. 11.
DOI: 10.58809/MPIH5047
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/all_monographs/11