BASEBALL: NEGRO LEAGUES.


Kansas City Monarchs Baseball Club RAIN CHECK. Philadelphia: Globe Ticket Company, n.d. Printed ticket, 23 x 47 mm. Some discoloration from red ink, lightly thumbed.The Kansas City Monarchs, based in Kansas City, Mo, were the longest-running franchise in baseball's Negro Leagues. During the years of the Negro National League (from 1920-1930), they had only one season without a winning record. When that league failed, they continued as an independent team, barnstorming across the country before becoming charter members of the Negro American League in 1937. Satchel Paige and Jackie Robinson both played for the Monarchs. The present item is a "Rain Check" ticket: "Void after 4 1/2 innings, otherwise good for exchange at ticket office for any game played during season."