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14-495: The team was founded by Frank Leland after he and his partner, Rube Foster , split up the Leland Giants in 1910. Frank Leland's new club was sometimes also known as Leland's Chicago Giants, until a court injunction forced Frank Leland to stop using the name Leland Giants. A 1910 article about an upcoming game and parade, announced everyone would wear the team colors, "white and maroon." After Leland's death, November 14, 1914,

28-775: A clerk in the Criminal Court, a clerk in the Circuit Court, and a clerk in the Board of Review. At one point, he served as a Deputy Sheriff. And he also held a position as member of the Board of County Commissioners in Cook County in Chicago, Illinois. He was married to Fanny Hafford on Dec. 3, 1908 in Chicago Illinois, and his father's name was Charles, (noted as "Chas.") according to his death certificate. Also on his death certificate,

42-399: A team which played no league games before the experiment collapsed. He "moved to Chicago and was instrumental in organizing and developing five successful baseball teams in that city" (Riley, 475). In 1888, he organized the black amateur Union Base Ball Club, with sponsorship from some of Chicago's black businessmen, Henry Elby, Albert Donegan, and W. S. Peters . Leland obtained a lease from

56-654: The Columbia Giants until Binga returned. Then, he worked the rest of the season as a utility player until the end of the 1902 season when the Columbia Giants moved to Big Rapids, Michigan. Harris stayed in Big Rapids during the winter months, coaching the football team at the Preparatory College. In 1903, he played third base for the Cuban Giants of New York until he was injured in a game at Portland, Maine. For

70-689: The Giants in 1906. He returned to the Leland Giants in 1907, where he would mostly remain until a court battle split the Leland Giants in 1910. Harris went to the Chicago Giants and played there in 1910 and 1911. He also captained the team in 1910. Sportswriter and fellow player Jimmy Smith put Harris on his 1909 "All American Team." The last known team where Harris played was the Paterson Smart Set in 1913. Harris received votes listing him on

84-638: The 1921 season. Frank Leland Frank C. Leland (1869 – November 14, 1914) was an American baseball player, field manager and club owner in the Negro leagues . Leland was born in Memphis, Tennessee . He attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee from 1879 to 1886. He began his professional career with the Washington Capital Cities in the 1887 National League of Colored Baseball Clubs ,

98-760: The Leland name amongst the teams changed as Rube Foster changed the Leland Giants name to the Chicago American Giants , and Leland's team became the Chicago Giants . Frank C. Leland produced and worked with well-known pre-Negro league baseball players: Bill Lindsay , Walter Ball , Harry Buckner , William Horn, George Hopkins, Harry Hyde, William Monroe , George Wright , Harry Moore , Pete Burns, Lewis Reynolds, William Smith, Dangerfield Talbert , Bert Jones, Nathan Harris , Rube Foster , and Andrew Campbell. In his life outside of baseball, Frank Leland served as

112-564: The age of 14 and started playing baseball and football in high school. A football injury took him out of the first half of his next baseball season. The family moved again to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and he played there for the Keystones . Harris played football for Indiana and was injured again, which left him unable to play baseball again until 1899. In 1900, he pitched and played first base for Bud Fowler and his Smoky City Giants. In June 1901 he took over for William Binga playing third base for

126-642: The city government to play at South Side Park, a 5,000-seat facility. In 1898 his team went pro and became the Chicago Unions . He played outfield with the Unions in the 1880s. Leland also worked as the umpire for the club in the first few years. He also worked as the traveling manager of the Chicago Unions. In 1901 he merged the Unions and the Columbia Giants to form the Chicago Union Giants . This became

140-664: The rest of the season, Harris played outfield and pitched. In 1904, Harris formed a team using a familiar name, the Smoky City Giants. He signed players Bowman and Payne, who later found fame with the Philadelphia Giants . In 1905, Harris joined the Leland Giants for one season. After that season, he played winter ball for Sol White and his Philadelphia Giants where they wintered in Palm Beach, California. He returned to Philadelphia and played regular season baseball for

154-481: The team came under the control of longtime player Charles "Joe" Green . In 1920, the Chicago Giants became a founding member of the Negro National League (NNL). They played as a travelling team, without a home field, and finished in last place in both 1920 and 1921. Their best player was a young catcher/shortstop named John Beckwith , who was purchased by Rube Foster for his Chicago American Giants after

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168-570: The top Negro league team in the Midwest. The team changed its name to the Leland Giants in 1905 after his partnership split with W.S. Peters; in 1907 Rube Foster replaced Leland as manager and Pete Hill and Foster strengthened the club in the field. Leland remained as President of the board of directors for the Leland Giants until he resigned in September 1909. While some researchers believe there

182-560: The undertaker appears to have marked Leland's death as Aortic Insufficiency due to exhaustion. He was buried at the Lincoln Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois. Nathan Harris Nathan Harris (born 1880) was an American baseball third baseman and captain in the pre- Negro leagues . He played for many of the best teams between 1900 and 1910. Born and raised in Middleport, Ohio , Harris moved to Columbus, Ohio with his parents at

196-663: Was a rift between Foster and Leland, newspapers of the day reported that Frank Leland, who used to own the club on his own, sold away rights to a stock company in 1909 and "had little say in the management of the team." While Rube Foster continued to run the Leland Giants Baseball Club, Leland started a new corporation in October 1909 called "Leland's Chicago Giants Baseball Club" or, in short " Chicago Giants " opening his offices at 2551 State Street in Chicago. He signed Bill Lindsay as his first pitcher. The confusion over

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